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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Night.
(b) Morning.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Twilight.

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

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

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