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

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

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is being addressed in "Mock Orange"? How do you know? Use details from the poem to explain.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the theme of sexual intimacy in "Mock Orange."

Essay Topic 3

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

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