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

3. What is mock orange?

4. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Examine the theme of gender in "Mock Orange."

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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