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

2. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Linda Gordon.
(b) Louise Glück.
(c) Lane Garcia.
(d) Lois Glickman.

3. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Histrionic.
(b) Horrific.
(c) Humbling.
(d) Humiliating.

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) The night.
(b) The moon.
(c) Sex.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

3. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

4. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

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

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