Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?

Michelangelo

Picasso

Leonardo

Marini
2 "the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just _____"

ink

bodies

paint

black
3 What museum does the speaker wish to visit with his lover?

The Frick

The Guggenheim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?

so he can present his lover with the poem

so he can remember this afternoon

so the experience is not wasted on him

so he can publish the work for money
5 The speaker makes great use of which literary device?

Allusion

Metaphor

Onomatopeia

Hyperbole
6 What is the poem's setting?

in an apartment

in a museum

at a restaurant

in a park
7 At which painting would the speaker "possibly" want to look, instead of his lover's face?

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Polish Rider

Mona Lisa

The Creation of Adam
8 O'Hara developed his idea of "Personism" with which poet?

Marianne Moore

Allen Ginsberg

LeRoi Jones

Robert Lowell
9 Which word is NOT used to describe the speaker's lover?

solemn

defininitive

still

silent
10 What time does the poem take place?

7 PM

7 AM

4 PM

4 AM
11 O'Hara was a central figure in which group of poets?

The Imagists

The New York School

The Symbolists

The Beats
12 From which country has the speaker just returned?

France

Portugal

Spain

Italy
13 Which is NOT a theme of "Having a Coke with You"?

Love

Transience

Art vs Life

Lust
14 What did the Impressionists get wrong?

they didn't choose the right sitter

their colors were not lifelike

their perspective was off

the lighting in their paintings was not accurate
15 Before he decided to write, O'Hara thought he'd become

a soldier

a painter

a businessman

a pianist
16 Which of the following could be best identified as a symbol in the poem?

the statuary

a famous painting

the birch tree

coca cola
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______

Metaphor

Philosophy

Symbolism

Life
18 The speaker does NOT mention which work of art?

The Polish Rider

Nude Descending a Staircase

The Creation of Adam

Marini's Rider
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?

The Frick

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim
20 O'Hara is often referred to as "a poet among ________"

painters

sculptors

novelists

curators
21 Which of the following elements is NOT a key feature of O'Hara's work?

a conversational tone

the setting of New York City

frequent use of metaphor

free verse
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?

Modern life

Love

Industrial society

Celebrity culture
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"

Dionysus

Polish Rider

Adam

St. Sebastian
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?

red

blue

yellow

orange
25 Which food or beverage does the speaker's lover particularly enjoy?

yogurt

wine

ice cream

coca cola

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