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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 does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) Her thoughts.
(b) The man.
(c) The cry.
(d) Her tears.

2. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The moonlight.
(b) The man's body.
(c) Her bed.
(d) The scent of flowers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

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

3. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

5. What is mock orange?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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