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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 person.
(c) That odor.
(d) That moon.

2. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I loathe them.
(b) I hate them.
(c) I need them.
(d) I love them.

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

4. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The scent of flowers.
(b) Her bed.
(c) The moonlight.
(d) The man's body.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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