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

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

2. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

3. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

4. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

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

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