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

2. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Histrionic.
(b) Humbling.
(c) Humiliating.
(d) Horrific.

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

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

5. 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 love them.
(d) I hate them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

2. What is mock orange?

3. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

4. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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