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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It speaks out of turn.
(b) It mocks the speaker.
(c) It seals the speakers mouth.
(d) It lashes out at the speaker.

2. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

3. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Histrionic.
(b) Horrific.
(c) Humbling.
(d) Humiliating.

4. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Mind.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Ears.
(d) Heart.

5. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) I mean to say.
(b) I tell you.
(c) Don't you know.
(d) Do you see.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

2. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

3. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

4. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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