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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 explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) Sex.
(b) The night.
(c) Men.
(d) The moon.
2. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I need them.
(b) I loathe them.
(c) I hate them.
(d) I love them.
3. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Friendships.
(b) Opposites.
(c) Caresses.
(d) Hostilities.
4. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Morning.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Night.
(d) Twilight.
5. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It lashes out at the speaker.
(b) It speaks out of turn.
(c) It mocks the speaker.
(d) It seals the speakers mouth.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
2. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
3. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?
4. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
5. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the speaker's feelings toward her partner in the second stanza? How do you know?
2. How does tone change in the second stanza?
3. Describe the first stanza of "Mock Orange." Who is speaking and to whom? What is she saying?
4. Describe the author's use of enjambment in stanza 4. Why did she use this tool and how does it impact your reading?
5. How would you describe the speaker's feelings toward men in "Mock Orange"?
6. What do the mock orange flowers represent in the poem?
7. What do you think is the setting in "Mock Orange"?
8. What word or words show the speakers feelings toward sex in stanza 3?
9. Where does the narrative shift in stanza 4? How do you know?
10. What does the moon represent in the first stanza of "Mock Orange"?
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