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

4. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Ears.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Heart.
(d) Mind.

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

6. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) Don't you know.
(b) I tell you.
(c) I mean to say.
(d) Do you see.

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

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

9. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Sparklers.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Streetlights.

10. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) Her thoughts.
(b) Her tears.
(c) The cry.
(d) The man.

11. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Louise Glück.
(b) Lois Glickman.
(c) Lane Garcia.
(d) Linda Gordon.

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

13. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Opposites.
(b) Caresses.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Hostilities.

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

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