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

2. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

3. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

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

5. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does tone change in the second stanza?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write an analysis of the final stanza of "Mock Orange." How does this stanza fit into the overall poem? Do you think this was an effective ending? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay examining the symbolic significance of the mock orange flowers in "Mock Orange."

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