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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 the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

2. What is mock orange?

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

4. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

Examine the theme of gender in "Mock Orange."

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the context of the poem "Mock Orange." When was it written? What would have compelled Glück to write this poem at that time?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the overall structure of "Mock Orange." What effect does this have on the poem and the reader? Use direct examples from the poem to support your analysis.

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