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

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

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Didn't you know?
(b) Do you love me?
(c) Do you see?
(d) Can I ask?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

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

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

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

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