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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 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.

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

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

4. What is mock orange?
(a) A color.
(b) A fruit.
(c) A houseplant.
(d) A flower.

5. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The scent of morning dew.
(b) The evening breeze.
(c) The scent of mock orange.
(d) The light from the moon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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