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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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

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

5. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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