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

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 need them.
(c) I hate them.
(d) I love them.

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

4. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Night.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Twilight.
(d) Morning.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

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

4. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

5. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

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