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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

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

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

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

5. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the context of the poem "Mock Orange." When was it written? What would have compelled Glück to write this poem at that time?

Essay Topic 2

Examine "Mock Orange" for use of simile and metaphor. Indicate when these are used, what they mean, and how they develop the themes of the poem.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the author of "Mock Orange." Who is she? What else has she written? How is "Mock Orange" similar or different from her other works?

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