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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) Her tears.
(b) Her thoughts.
(c) The man.
(d) The cry.

2. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Horrific.
(b) Histrionic.
(c) Humiliating.
(d) Humbling.

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

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

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) Men.
(b) The moon.
(c) Sex.
(d) The night.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

(see the answer key)

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