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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 hate them.
(b) I love them.
(c) I need them.
(d) I loathe them.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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

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

4. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

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

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