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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 night.
(b) Sex.
(c) The moon.
(d) Men.

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

3. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Friendships.
(b) Opposites.
(c) Caresses.
(d) Hostilities.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

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

(see the answer key)

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