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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It speaks out of turn.
(b) It lashes out at the speaker.
(c) It seals the speakers mouth.
(d) It mocks the speaker.

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

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

4. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Morning.
(b) Twilight.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Night.

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

6. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I love them.
(b) I need them.
(c) I loathe them.
(d) I hate them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

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

4. What is mock orange?

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

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