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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) Lois Glickman.
(b) Louise Glück.
(c) Linda Gordon.
(d) Lane Garcia.

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

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

4. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were perfectly united.
(b) They were made fun of.
(c) They were made fools of.
(d) They drift apart.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

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