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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

3. What is mock orange?

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

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

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