Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
stumbling

walking

running

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______
California

Hollywood

San Francisco

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

California

San Francisco

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a phone call

traffic

a long meeting

a car accident
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
admirable

disgraceful

loquacious

unfaithful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1960

1964

1959

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

the subway

the bus

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

Elizabeth Bishop

Marianne Moore

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

mournful

campy

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

relax

take a break

get up
12 The form of this poem is
sonnet

sestet

couplet

free verse
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
snowing and hailing

raining and snowing

hailing and raining

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

shoulders

back

hands
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
death

modern life

celebrity culture

disillusionment
16 What does the speaker repeat?
a telegram

a radio broadcast

A news headline

something he heard from a friend
17 Lana Turner was known for
her private life

modeling

acting

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

shocked

busy

funny
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
foodborne illness

murder

car accident

heart attack
20 The poem is set in
California

Hollywood

New Jersey

New York City
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his commute home

the morning hours

his commute to work

his lunch hour
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Surrealists

The Symbolists

The Imagists

The New York School
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum

The Museum of Modern Art

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

a teacher

an artist

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

assonance

alliteration

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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