Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Leonardo

Picasso

Michelangelo

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

ink

bodies

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

The Guggenheim

The Museum of Modern Art

The Frick
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so the experience is not wasted on him

so he can remember this afternoon

so he can publish the work for money

so he can present his lover with the poem
5 The speaker makes great use of which literary device?
Metaphor

Hyperbole

Onomatopeia

Allusion
6 What is the poem's setting?
in a park

at a restaurant

in an apartment

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

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

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

Marianne Moore

Allen Ginsberg

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

solemn

defininitive

silent
10 What time does the poem take place?
4 PM

7 AM

7 PM

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

The New York School

The Imagists

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

Spain

France

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

Transience

Art vs Life

Love
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 businessman

a painter

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

a famous painting

the statuary

the birch tree
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______
Life

Philosophy

Symbolism

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

The Polish Rider

Nude Descending a Staircase

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

The Guggenheim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

painters

sculptors

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 ______"
St. Sebastian

Dionysus

Polish Rider

Adam
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?
yellow

orange

red

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

wine

coca cola

ice cream

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