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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

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

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 are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

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