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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does tone change in the second stanza?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the author of "Mock Orange." Who is she? What else has she written? How is "Mock Orange" similar or different from her other works?

Essay Topic 2

Read a review of "Mock Orange." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the poem.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Glück of "Mock Orange." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the poem is effective in conveying the poem's themes.

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