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

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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The light from the moon.
(b) The scent of morning dew.
(c) The evening breeze.
(d) The scent of mock orange.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

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