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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were made fools of.
(b) They were perfectly united.
(c) They drift apart.
(d) They were made fun of.

2. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That moon.
(b) Her thoughts.
(c) That odor.
(d) That person.

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Do you see?
(b) Can I ask?
(c) Didn't you know?
(d) Do you love me?

4. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Hostilities.
(b) Caresses.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Opposites.

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) Sex.
(b) The night.
(c) Men.
(d) The moon.

6. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The scent of morning dew.
(b) The scent of mock orange.
(c) The light from the moon.
(d) The evening breeze.

7. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) The man.
(b) The cry.
(c) Her tears.
(d) Her thoughts.

8. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Horrific.
(b) Histrionic.
(c) Humbling.
(d) Humiliating.

9. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) Her bed.
(b) The scent of flowers.
(c) The moonlight.
(d) The man's body.

10. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

11. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Streetlights.
(c) Sparklers.
(d) Flowers.

12. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Morning.
(b) Twilight.
(c) Night.
(d) Afternoon.

13. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I need them.
(b) I hate them.
(c) I loathe them.
(d) I love them.

14. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

15. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Lane Garcia.
(b) Lois Glickman.
(c) Linda Gordon.
(d) Louise Glück.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is mock orange?

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

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