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

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

3. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It mocks the speaker.
(b) It seals the speakers mouth.
(c) It speaks out of turn.
(d) It lashes out at the speaker.

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Do you love me?
(b) Can I ask?
(c) Do you see?
(d) Didn't you know?

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

4. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

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

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