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

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

3. 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 speaks out of turn.
(d) It mocks the speaker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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