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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 speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

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

3. What is mock orange?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Glück of "Mock Orange." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the poem is effective in conveying the poem's themes.

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 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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