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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 loathe them.
(c) I love them.
(d) I hate them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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 mocks the speaker.
(d) It seals the speakers mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

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

3. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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

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

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