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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

3. What is mock orange?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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