View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They drift apart.
(b) They were perfectly united.
(c) They were made fools of.
(d) They were made fun of.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 201 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample