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

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

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

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

5. What is mock orange?
(a) A flower.
(b) A color.
(c) A fruit.
(d) A houseplant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

2. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

4. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

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

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