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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) Opposites.
(b) Hostilities.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Caresses.

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

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

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

5. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Ears.
(b) Mind.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

5. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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