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Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

walking

trotting

stumbling

running
2 There is no snow in ______

Hollywood

San Francisco

California

New York
3 There is no rain in _______

California

San Francisco

New York

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?

unfaithful

disgraceful

admirable

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

1960

1963

1959

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

the Staten Island Ferry

in a taxi

the bus

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

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore

John Ashbery

Elizabeth Bishop
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?

campy

ironic

mournful

busy
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Ted Berrigan

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

Donald Allen
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to

get up

take a break

relax

go home
12 The form of this poem is

sestet

free verse

sonnet

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

raining and snowing

snowing and hailing

it was just raining

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

shoulders

back

hands

head
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

disillusionment

death

modern life

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?

something he heard from a friend

a telegram

a radio broadcast

A news headline
17 Lana Turner was known for

acting

her private life

modeling

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

shocked

busy

funny

confused
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

car accident

foodborne illness

murder

heart attack
20 The poem is set in

Hollywood

California

New York City

New Jersey
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

his commute to work

his commute home

his lunch hour

the morning hours
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?

The Imagists

The Symbolists

The New York School

The Surrealists
23 Where did O'Hara work?

The Guggenheim Museum

The New York Public Library

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

a curator

a concert pianist

a teacher

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

alliteration

internal rhyme

assonance

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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