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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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) Thoughts.
(d) Ears.

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

13. 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 need them.
(c) I hate them.
(d) I love them.

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

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