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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. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Louise Glück.
(b) Lois Glickman.
(c) Linda Gordon.
(d) Lane Garcia.
2. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Streetlights.
(d) Sparklers.
3. 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.
4. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) Sex.
(b) The night.
(c) Men.
(d) The moon.
5. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The scent of mock orange.
(b) The evening breeze.
(c) The light from the moon.
(d) The scent of morning dew.
Short Answer Questions
1. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
2. What is mock orange?
3. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
4. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
5. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the first stanza of "Mock Orange." Who is speaking and to whom? What is she saying?
2. What do you think is the setting in "Mock Orange"?
3. Where does the narrative shift in stanza 4? How do you know?
4. How would you describe the speaker's feelings toward men in "Mock Orange"?
5. Describe the author's use of enjambment in stanza 4. Why did she use this tool and how does it impact your reading?
6. What do the mock orange flowers represent in the poem?
7. What are the speaker's feelings toward her partner in the second stanza? How do you know?
8. How does tone change in the second stanza?
9. What does the moon represent in the first stanza of "Mock Orange"?
10. What word or words show the speakers feelings toward sex in stanza 3?
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