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 ______
New York

California

San Francisco

Hollywood
3 There is no rain in _______
San Francisco

New York

California

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
traffic

a long meeting

a phone call

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

loquacious

disgraceful

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

1959

1963

1964
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______
the bus

in a taxi

the subway

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

John Ashbery

Elizabeth Bishop

Marianne Moore
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
mournful

campy

ironic

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

Ted Berrigan

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell
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
couplet

free verse

sestet

sonnet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
it was just raining

snowing and hailing

hailing and raining

raining and snowing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
head

shoulders

back

hands
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
disillusionment

death

modern life

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?
a telegram

something he heard from a friend

A news headline

a radio broadcast
17 Lana Turner was known for
modeling

her private life

acting

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

confused

shocked

busy
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
heart attack

murder

foodborne illness

car accident
20 The poem is set in
Hollywood

New York City

California

New Jersey
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 Imagists

The New York School

The Surrealists

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

The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum

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

an artist

a teacher

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

alliteration

metaphor

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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