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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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 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?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

2. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

3. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

4. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

5. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

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