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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 are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Streetlights.
(c) Sparklers.
(d) Flowers.
2. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) Don't you know.
(b) I tell you.
(c) I mean to say.
(d) Do you see.
3. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Lois Glickman.
(b) Louise Glück.
(c) Lane Garcia.
(d) Linda Gordon.
4. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) Her bed.
(b) The moonlight.
(c) The man's body.
(d) The scent of flowers.
5. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It speaks out of turn.
(b) It lashes out at the speaker.
(c) It seals the speakers mouth.
(d) It mocks the speaker.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
2. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
3. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
4. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What word or words show the speakers feelings toward sex in stanza 3?
2. What does the moon represent in the first stanza of "Mock Orange"?
3. What do you think is the setting in "Mock Orange"?
4. What are the speaker's feelings toward her partner in the second stanza? How do you know?
5. What do the mock orange flowers represent in the poem?
6. How does tone change in the second stanza?
7. Describe the first stanza of "Mock Orange." Who is speaking and to whom? What is she saying?
8. Where does the narrative shift in stanza 4? How do you know?
9. Describe the author's use of enjambment in stanza 4. Why did she use this tool and how does it impact your reading?
10. How would you describe the speaker's feelings toward men in "Mock Orange"?
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