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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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