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

2. 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 loathe them.
(d) I hate them.

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

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That odor.
(b) That moon.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) That person.

5. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?
(a) Rest or be content.
(b) Make love.
(c) Read or write.
(d) Sing or dance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

3. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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

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

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