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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 time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Twilight.
(c) Morning.
(d) Night.

2. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I love them.
(b) I loathe them.
(c) I hate them.
(d) I need them.

3. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

4. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) Don't you know.
(b) I mean to say.
(c) I tell you.
(d) Do you see.

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) Heart.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

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

4. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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