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

2. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It seals the speakers mouth.
(b) It lashes out at the speaker.
(c) It mocks the speaker.
(d) It speaks out of turn.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

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

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

5. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

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