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

2. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It seals the speakers mouth.
(b) It lashes out at the speaker.
(c) It mocks the speaker.
(d) It speaks out of turn.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

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

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

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

5. What is mock orange?

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