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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 troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) Her thoughts.
(b) That odor.
(c) That person.
(d) That moon.

2. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Louise Glück.
(b) Lane Garcia.
(c) Linda Gordon.
(d) Lois Glickman.

3. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?
(a) Rest or be content.
(b) Read or write.
(c) Sing or dance.
(d) Make love.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is mock orange?

5. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

(see the answer key)

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