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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

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 is mock orange?

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