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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 love them.
(b) I hate them.
(c) I need them.
(d) I loathe 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 troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That moon.
(b) That person.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) That odor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

3. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

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

5. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

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