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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 does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

2. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

3. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

4. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

5. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the sound and rhythm of "Mock Orange." How is it used? How does it impact your reading?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the theme of gender roles in "Mock Orange."

Essay Topic 3

The addressee in "Mock Orange" is not given a voice. Write an essay on why you think that is. How does this impact your reading and develop the themes of the poem?

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