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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is mock orange?
(a) A color.
(b) A houseplant.
(c) A flower.
(d) A fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

2. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

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

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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