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

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

3. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That odor.
(b) Her thoughts.
(c) That person.
(d) That moon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

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

3. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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