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

2. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Examine the use of imagery in "Mock Orange." How does the use of imagery develop the themes of the poem? How does imagery impact your understanding of the poem?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the central purpose of this poem. What response do you think the author hoped to get from her readers? Do you think she was successful? Why or why not?

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