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

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

3. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) Sex.
(b) Men.
(c) The night.
(d) The moon.

4. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Mind.
(c) Heart.
(d) Ears.

5. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Streetlights.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Sparklers.
(d) Fireflies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

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

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

5. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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