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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 is mock orange?

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

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

5. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Who is the speaker of "Mock Orange"? How do you know? Use details from the poem to explain.

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