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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 is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Do you see?
(b) Didn't you know?
(c) Can I ask?
(d) Do you love me?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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

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

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

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