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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) Lois Glickman.
(b) Linda Gordon.
(c) Lane Garcia.
(d) Louise Glück.

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

3. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Twilight.
(b) Morning.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Night.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is mock orange?

3. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

4. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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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