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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) Her thoughts.
(b) That moon.
(c) That person.
(d) That odor.

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

3. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

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

5. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were made fun of.
(b) They were made fools of.
(c) They were perfectly united.
(d) They drift apart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

3. What is mock orange?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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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