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

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

3. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) Men.
(b) The night.
(c) Sex.
(d) The moon.

4. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Opposites.
(b) Hostilities.
(c) Caresses.
(d) Friendships.

5. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Histrionic.
(b) Humbling.
(c) Horrific.
(d) Humiliating.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

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

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

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