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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is mock orange?

4. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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