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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is mock orange?
(a) A fruit.
(b) A houseplant.
(c) A flower.
(d) A color.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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