Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
trotting

walking

stumbling

running
2 There is no snow in ______
Hollywood

San Francisco

California

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
Hollywood

New York

California

San Francisco
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a car accident

a long meeting

a phone call

traffic
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
unfaithful

disgraceful

admirable

loquacious
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1959

1964

1960

1963
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______
the subway

the Staten Island Ferry

the bus

in a taxi
8 According to the same story, O'Hara was on the way to a reading with which poet?
Robert Lowell

John Ashbery

Marianne Moore

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

campy

busy

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Robert Lowell

Donald Allen

Ted Berrigan

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

take a break

get up

relax
12 The form of this poem is
sestet

free verse

couplet

sonnet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
it was just raining

raining and snowing

hailing and raining

snowing and hailing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
shoulders

head

hands

back
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
disillusionment

modern life

celebrity culture

death
16 What does the speaker repeat?
a telegram

something he heard from a friend

a radio broadcast

A news headline
17 Lana Turner was known for
modeling

her private life

acting

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

busy

confused

funny
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
heart attack

car accident

foodborne illness

murder
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

Hollywood

California

New York City
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 Imagists

The Symbolists

The Surrealists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
a concert pianist

an artist

a curator

a teacher
25 O'Hara rarely uses which literary device in his poetry?
alliteration

assonance

internal rhyme

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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