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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 is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.
2. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Sparklers.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Streetlights.
3. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) The moon.
(b) The night.
(c) Sex.
(d) Men.
4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Didn't you know?
(b) Can I ask?
(c) Do you see?
(d) Do you love me?
5. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The man's body.
(b) The moonlight.
(c) Her bed.
(d) The scent of flowers.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
2. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
3. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
4. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
5. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the first stanza of "Mock Orange." Who is speaking and to whom? What is she saying?
2. What word or words show the speakers feelings toward sex in stanza 3?
3. What does the moon represent in the first stanza of "Mock Orange"?
4. Describe the author's use of enjambment in stanza 4. Why did she use this tool and how does it impact your reading?
5. What do the mock orange flowers represent in the poem?
6. How does tone change in the second stanza?
7. What are the speaker's feelings toward her partner in the second stanza? How do you know?
8. Where does the narrative shift in stanza 4? How do you know?
9. What do you think is the setting in "Mock Orange"?
10. How would you describe the speaker's feelings toward men in "Mock Orange"?
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