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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) Her tears.
(b) The cry.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) The man.

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

3. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Louise Glück.
(b) Lane Garcia.
(c) Lois Glickman.
(d) Linda Gordon.

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

5. What is mock orange?
(a) A flower.
(b) A houseplant.
(c) A fruit.
(d) A color.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

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