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

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 perfectly united.
(c) They drift apart.
(d) They were made fun of.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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