Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

walking

trotting

running

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______

California

San Francisco

Hollywood

New York
3 There is no rain in _______

Hollywood

California

San Francisco

New York
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?

disgraceful

admirable

unfaithful

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

1963

1964

1960

1959
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?

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop

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

campy

busy

mournful

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Marianne Moore

Ted Berrigan

Robert Lowell

Donald Allen
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to

get up

go home

relax

take a break
12 The form of this poem is

couplet

sestet

free verse

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

snowing and hailing

hailing and raining

raining and snowing

it was just raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

hands

head

shoulders

back
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

modern life

celebrity culture

disillusionment

death
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

modeling

her private life

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

car accident

murder

foodborne illness

heart attack
20 The poem is set in

Hollywood

New Jersey

California

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

his commute home

his commute to work

the morning hours

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 Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be

a concert pianist

a curator

an artist

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

internal rhyme

assonance

metaphor

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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