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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Linda Gordon.
(b) Louise Glück.
(c) Lane Garcia.
(d) Lois Glickman.

2. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That person.
(b) That moon.
(c) That odor.
(d) Her thoughts.

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

4. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The scent of flowers.
(b) Her bed.
(c) The moonlight.
(d) The man's body.

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

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

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

4. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

5. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

(see the answer key)

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