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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) I mean to say.
(b) I tell you.
(c) Do you see.
(d) Don't you know.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?
(a) Make love.
(b) Sing or dance.
(c) Rest or be content.
(d) Read or write.

13. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Ears.
(b) Mind.
(c) Heart.
(d) Thoughts.

14. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It seals the speakers mouth.
(b) It mocks the speaker.
(c) It lashes out at the speaker.
(d) It speaks out of turn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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

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

5. What is mock orange?

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