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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 longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

3. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

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

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

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

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