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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 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 loathe them.
(d) I need them.

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

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

4. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Ears.
(b) Heart.
(c) Mind.
(d) Thoughts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

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

4. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

5. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

(see the answer key)

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