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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

3. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

4. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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