Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Leonardo

Michelangelo

Marini

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

ink

paint

black
3 What museum does the speaker wish to visit with his lover?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim

The Frick
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so he can present his lover with the poem

so he can publish the work for money

so he can remember this afternoon

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

Onomatopeia

Metaphor

Hyperbole
6 What is the poem's setting?
in an apartment

at a restaurant

in a park

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

The Polish Rider

The Creation of Adam

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
8 O'Hara developed his idea of "Personism" with which poet?
Robert Lowell

Allen Ginsberg

LeRoi Jones

Marianne Moore
9 Which word is NOT used to describe the speaker's lover?
silent

defininitive

still

solemn
10 What time does the poem take place?
4 AM

7 AM

7 PM

4 PM
11 O'Hara was a central figure in which group of poets?
The Imagists

The Beats

The Symbolists

The New York School
12 From which country has the speaker just returned?
Portugal

Spain

France

Italy
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?
the lighting in their paintings was not accurate

they didn't choose the right sitter

their perspective was off

their colors were not lifelike
15 Before he decided to write, O'Hara thought he'd become
a soldier

a businessman

a pianist

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

the birch tree

the statuary

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

Metaphor

Philosophy

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

Nude Descending a Staircase

Marini's Rider

The Polish Rider
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?
The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim

The Frick

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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?
the setting of New York City

free verse

frequent use of metaphor

a conversational tone
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Modern life

Celebrity culture

Love

Industrial society
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"
Dionysus

St. Sebastian

Adam

Polish Rider
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?
orange

yellow

red

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

wine

ice cream

coca cola

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