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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) Humbling.
(b) Humiliating.
(c) Horrific.
(d) Histrionic.

2. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) The cry.
(b) Her thoughts.
(c) Her tears.
(d) The man.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is mock orange?

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

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

5. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

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