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

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

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

4. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is mock orange?

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

4. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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