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

2. 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) Heart.
(d) Ears.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

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

5. What is mock orange?

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