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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

4. What is mock orange?

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

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