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

2. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) Don't you know.
(b) I mean to say.
(c) Do you see.
(d) I tell you.

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

4. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Sparklers.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Streetlights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

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

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

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

5. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

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