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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

13. 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?

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

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

3. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

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

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

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