Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

walking

trotting

running

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______

San Francisco

New York

Hollywood

California
3 There is no rain in _______

California

New York

San Francisco

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

a long meeting

a phone call

a car accident

traffic
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?

loquacious

admirable

disgraceful

unfaithful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in

1960

1959

1963

1964
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______

in a taxi

the Staten Island Ferry

the subway

the bus
8 According to the same story, O'Hara was on the way to a reading with which poet?

Marianne Moore

Elizabeth Bishop

John Ashbery

Robert Lowell
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?

mournful

campy

busy

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Donald Allen

Robert Lowell

Ted Berrigan

Marianne Moore
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to

go home

get up

relax

take a break
12 The form of this poem is

sonnet

couplet

free verse

sestet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was

snowing and hailing

hailing and raining

it was just raining

raining and snowing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

head

back

hands

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

death

disillusionment

modern life

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?

A news headline

something he heard from a friend

a radio broadcast

a telegram
17 Lana Turner was known for

acting

her private life

modeling

all of these
18 Which word does NOT describe the speaker?

funny

confused

busy

shocked
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

foodborne illness

heart attack

murder

car accident
20 The poem is set in

New York City

New Jersey

California

Hollywood
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

his commute to work

his lunch hour

the morning hours

his commute home
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?

The New York School

The Surrealists

The Symbolists

The Imagists
23 Where did O'Hara work?

The Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library

The Museum of Modern Art
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be

a curator

a teacher

a concert pianist

an artist
25 O'Hara rarely uses which literary device in his poetry?

assonance

metaphor

alliteration

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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