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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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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