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

2. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The evening breeze.
(b) The light from the moon.
(c) The scent of mock orange.
(d) The scent of morning dew.

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

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That person.
(b) That moon.
(c) That odor.
(d) Her thoughts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

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