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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 love them.
(c) I need them.
(d) I hate them.

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

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

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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