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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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