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

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

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

4. What is mock orange?
(a) A houseplant.
(b) A color.
(c) A fruit.
(d) A flower.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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