Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
running

walking

trotting

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______
San Francisco

California

New York

Hollywood
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

San Francisco

California

Hollywood
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?
disgraceful

unfaithful

loquacious

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

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

Elizabeth Bishop

John Ashbery
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
campy

mournful

busy

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Donald Allen

Robert Lowell

Ted Berrigan

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

take a break

relax

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
it was just raining

raining and snowing

snowing and hailing

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
back

head

shoulders

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

death

disillusionment

modern life
16 What does the speaker repeat?
a radio broadcast

something he heard from a friend

a telegram

A news headline
17 Lana Turner was known for
her private life

acting

modeling

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
Hollywood

New Jersey

New York City

California
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his lunch hour

his commute to work

his commute home

the morning hours
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The New York School

The Imagists

The Surrealists

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Guggenheim Museum

The New York Public Library
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
an artist

a teacher

a concert pianist

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

internal rhyme

metaphor

assonance

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by Frank O'Hara

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