Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

running

trotting

walking

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______

New York

Hollywood

San Francisco

California
3 There is no rain in _______

California

New York

San Francisco

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

a long meeting

a car accident

traffic

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

admirable

disgraceful

loquacious

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

1959

1963

1964

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

in a taxi

the bus

the Staten Island Ferry

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

Elizabeth Bishop

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore

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

ironic

campy

mournful

busy
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

relax

go home

get up

take a break
12 The form of this poem is

couplet

free verse

sonnet

sestet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was

snowing and hailing

hailing and raining

it was just raining

raining and snowing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

shoulders

hands

head

back
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

disillusionment

death

celebrity culture

modern life
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

acting

modeling

her private life

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

funny

busy

confused

shocked
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

foodborne illness

heart attack

car accident

murder
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

his commute to work

his lunch hour

the morning hours
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?

The Surrealists

The Imagists

The Symbolists

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

an artist

a curator

a teacher

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

metaphor

internal rhyme

alliteration

assonance

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by Frank O'Hara

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