Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
walking

stumbling

running

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______
New York

Hollywood

San Francisco

California
3 There is no rain in _______
San Francisco

Hollywood

California

New York
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a car accident

a long meeting

traffic

a phone call
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
loquacious

admirable

disgraceful

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

1960

1963

1959
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______
the Staten Island Ferry

the subway

in a taxi

the bus
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?
campy

ironic

busy

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

Donald Allen

Ted Berrigan

Robert Lowell
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
go home

relax

get up

take a break
12 The form of this poem is
free verse

sestet

couplet

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

it was just raining

raining and snowing

snowing and hailing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
back

hands

head

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
celebrity culture

modern life

disillusionment

death
16 What does the speaker repeat?
A news headline

a radio broadcast

a telegram

something he heard from a friend
17 Lana Turner was known for
acting

modeling

her private life

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

confused

shocked

busy
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
murder

heart attack

foodborne illness

car accident
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

New York City

California

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

the morning hours

his lunch hour

his commute home
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The New York School

The Surrealists

The Imagists

The Symbolists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim Museum
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
an artist

a curator

a teacher

a concert pianist
25 O'Hara rarely uses which literary device in his poetry?
internal rhyme

metaphor

assonance

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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