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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 is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

2. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

3. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

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

5. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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