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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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