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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 speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were made fools of.
(b) They drift apart.
(c) They were made fun of.
(d) They were perfectly united.

2. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The scent of flowers.
(b) Her bed.
(c) The man's body.
(d) The moonlight.

3. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I love them.
(b) I hate them.
(c) I need them.
(d) I loathe them.

4. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The evening breeze.
(b) The light from the moon.
(c) The scent of morning dew.
(d) The scent of mock orange.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

3. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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