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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Do you see?
(b) Didn't you know?
(c) Can I ask?
(d) Do you love me?

5. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) Do you see.
(b) Don't you know.
(c) I tell you.
(d) I mean to say.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

(see the answer key)

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