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

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

3. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I need them.
(b) I hate them.
(c) I love them.
(d) I loathe them.

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

5. 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?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

4. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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