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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 time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Night.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Twilight.
(d) Morning.

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

3. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) The man.
(b) Her thoughts.
(c) Her tears.
(d) The cry.

4. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) The night.
(b) Sex.
(c) Men.
(d) The moon.

5. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Sparklers.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Streetlights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

2. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

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

4. What is mock orange?

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

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