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

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

3. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Ears.
(c) Heart.
(d) Mind.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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