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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 love them.
(c) I need them.
(d) I hate them.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first stanza of "Mock Orange." Who is speaking and to whom? What is she saying?

2. What do you think is the setting in "Mock Orange"?

3. What does the moon represent in the first stanza of "Mock Orange"?

4. What are the speaker's feelings toward her partner in the second stanza? How do you know?

5. How would you describe the speaker's feelings toward men in "Mock Orange"?

6. Where does the narrative shift in stanza 4? How do you know?

7. Describe the author's use of enjambment in stanza 4. Why did she use this tool and how does it impact your reading?

8. How does tone change in the second stanza?

9. What word or words show the speakers feelings toward sex in stanza 3?

10. What do the mock orange flowers represent in the poem?

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