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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Linda Gordon.
(b) Lois Glickman.
(c) Lane Garcia.
(d) Louise Glück.