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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) That moon.
(b) That person.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) That odor.

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

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

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

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

6. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were made fools of.
(b) They were made fun of.
(c) They were perfectly united.
(d) They drift apart.

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

8. 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 hate them.
(c) I loathe them.
(d) I need them.

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

2. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

4. What is mock orange?

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

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