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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

15. 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 love them.
(c) I loathe them.
(d) I hate them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

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

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

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