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

2. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Hostilities.
(b) Caresses.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Opposites.

3. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I need them.
(b) I loathe them.
(c) I hate them.
(d) I love them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

4. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

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

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