Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

trotting

stumbling

running

walking
2 There is no snow in ______

California

San Francisco

New York

Hollywood
3 There is no rain in _______

San Francisco

New York

California

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

a phone call

traffic

a long meeting

a car accident
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 Staten Island Ferry

the subway

in a taxi

the bus
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?

campy

ironic

mournful

busy
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore

Ted Berrigan

Donald Allen
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

free verse

couplet

sonnet

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

snowing and hailing

it was just raining

raining and snowing

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

shoulders

back

hands

head
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 radio broadcast

a telegram
17 Lana Turner was known for

acting

modeling

her private life

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

funny

shocked

busy

confused
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

murder

car accident

foodborne illness

heart attack
20 The poem is set in

California

New York City

Hollywood

New Jersey
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

the morning hours

his lunch hour

his commute to work

his commute home
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?

The Imagists

The Symbolists

The Surrealists

The New York School
23 Where did O'Hara work?

The New York Public Library

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim Museum

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

a concert pianist

a teacher

a curator

an artist
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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