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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 is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Opposites.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Caresses.
(d) Hostilities.

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

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

4. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were perfectly united.
(b) They drift apart.
(c) They were made fun of.
(d) They were made fools of.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

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

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

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

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