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

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

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

7. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I loathe them.
(b) I hate them.
(c) I need them.
(d) I love them.

8. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were perfectly united.
(b) They drift apart.
(c) They were made fools of.
(d) They were made fun of.

9. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Mind.
(c) Ears.
(d) Heart.

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

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

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

13. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Sparklers.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Streetlights.

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

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