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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

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

4. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

5. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the speaker's feelings toward men in "Mock Orange"?

2. What do the mock orange flowers represent in the poem?

3. Describe the author's use of enjambment in stanza 4. Why did she use this tool and how does it impact your reading?

4. What are the speaker's feelings toward her partner in the second stanza? How do you know?

5. What word or words show the speakers feelings toward sex in stanza 3?

6. Where does the narrative shift in stanza 4? How do you know?

7. What do you think is the setting in "Mock Orange"?

8. What does the moon represent in the first stanza of "Mock Orange"?

9. How does tone change in the second stanza?

10. Describe the first stanza of "Mock Orange." Who is speaking and to whom? What is she saying?

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