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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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