Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
stumbling

running

walking

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______
New York

Hollywood

San Francisco

California
3 There is no rain in _______
San Francisco

New York

California

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
traffic

a phone call

a car accident

a long meeting
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
unfaithful

loquacious

disgraceful

admirable
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1964

1963

1959

1960
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______
the Staten Island Ferry

the bus

in a taxi

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

Marianne Moore

Elizabeth Bishop

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

busy

campy

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

Donald Allen

Ted Berrigan
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
relax

get up

go home

take a break
12 The form of this poem is
sestet

free verse

sonnet

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

snowing and hailing

raining and snowing

it was just raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
back

shoulders

head

hands
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
disillusionment

modern life

death

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?
A news headline

something he heard from a friend

a telegram

a radio broadcast
17 Lana Turner was known for
modeling

acting

her private life

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

busy

confused

funny
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

California

New Jersey

Hollywood
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his commute home

the morning hours

his lunch hour

his commute to work
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Imagists

The New York School

The Symbolists

The Surrealists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The Guggenheim Museum

The New York Public Library

The Museum of Modern Art

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

a concert pianist

an artist

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

assonance

metaphor

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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