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

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

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Do you love me?
(b) Can I ask?
(c) Do you see?
(d) Didn't you know?

4. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?
(a) Sing or dance.
(b) Make love.
(c) Rest or be content.
(d) Read or write.

5. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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

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

5. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

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