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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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