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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. What is mock orange?
(a) A houseplant.
(b) A flower.
(c) A color.
(d) A fruit.

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

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

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

10. 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 mocks the speaker.
(d) It seals the speakers mouth.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

3. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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