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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

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

4. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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