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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 does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

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

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the theme of gender in "Mock Orange."

Essay Topic 2

Who is being addressed in "Mock Orange"? How do you know? Use details from the poem to explain.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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