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

2. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It lashes out at the speaker.
(b) It seals the speakers mouth.
(c) It mocks the speaker.
(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 love them.
(b) I need them.
(c) I hate them.
(d) I loathe them.

4. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Twilight.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Night.
(d) Morning.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

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

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