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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 time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

2. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

3. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

4. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine "Mock Orange" for use of simile and metaphor. Indicate when these are used, what they mean, and how they develop the themes of the poem.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the theme of gender in "Mock Orange."

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