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 ______
San Francisco

California

Hollywood

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
California

New York

Hollywood

San Francisco
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a car accident

a phone call

traffic

a long meeting
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
unfaithful

disgraceful

loquacious

admirable
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1963

1959

1960

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

the Staten Island Ferry

the bus

in a taxi
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?
busy

ironic

mournful

campy
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
take a break

get up

go home

relax
12 The form of this poem is
sonnet

free verse

sestet

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

snowing and hailing

raining and snowing

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

back

head

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
disillusionment

modern life

death

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?
something he heard from a friend

A news headline

a telegram

a radio broadcast
17 Lana Turner was known for
her private life

acting

modeling

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

shocked

funny

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

foodborne illness

car accident

heart attack
20 The poem is set in
New York City

California

Hollywood

New Jersey
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 Imagists

The Symbolists

The New York School

The Surrealists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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

a concert pianist

an artist

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

internal rhyme

assonance

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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