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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 speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) The moon.
(b) Men.
(c) The night.
(d) Sex.

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

3. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I hate them.
(b) I loathe them.
(c) I need them.
(d) I love them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

2. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

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

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