Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?

Picasso

Leonardo

Marini

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

paint

bodies

ink

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

The Frick

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?

so he can publish the work for money

so he can remember this afternoon

so he can present his lover with the poem

so the experience is not wasted on him
5 The speaker makes great use of which literary device?

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Allusion

Onomatopeia
6 What is the poem's setting?

in a museum

in an apartment

in a park

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

The Polish Rider

Mona Lisa

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

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

Marianne Moore

LeRoi Jones

Robert Lowell

Allen Ginsberg
9 Which word is NOT used to describe the speaker's lover?

still

silent

solemn

defininitive
10 What time does the poem take place?

4 AM

4 PM

7 AM

7 PM
11 O'Hara was a central figure in which group of poets?

The New York School

The Imagists

The Beats

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

Portugal

Italy

Spain

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

Art vs Life

Love

Lust

Transience
14 What did the Impressionists get wrong?

they didn't choose the right sitter

their colors were not lifelike

the lighting in their paintings was not accurate

their perspective was off
15 Before he decided to write, O'Hara thought he'd become

a businessman

a soldier

a pianist

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

the birch tree

coca cola

a famous painting

the statuary
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______

Philosophy

Symbolism

Metaphor

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

The Polish Rider

Marini's Rider

The Creation of Adam

Nude Descending a Staircase
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?

The Frick

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
20 O'Hara is often referred to as "a poet among ________"

painters

novelists

curators

sculptors
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?

Celebrity culture

Industrial society

Love

Modern life
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"

Polish Rider

St. Sebastian

Adam

Dionysus
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?

orange

yellow

blue

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

yogurt

wine

ice cream

coca cola

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