Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Marini

Picasso

Michelangelo

Leonardo
2 "the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just _____"
paint

bodies

black

ink
3 What museum does the speaker wish to visit with his lover?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The Frick

The Guggenheim
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so he can publish the work for money

so the experience is not wasted on him

so he can present his lover with the poem

so he can remember this afternoon
5 The speaker makes great use of which literary device?
Allusion

Hyperbole

Onomatopeia

Metaphor
6 What is the poem's setting?
at a restaurant

in an apartment

in a park

in a museum
7 At which painting would the speaker "possibly" want to look, instead of his lover's face?
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Creation of Adam

The Polish Rider

Mona Lisa
8 O'Hara developed his idea of "Personism" with which poet?
Allen Ginsberg

LeRoi Jones

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore
9 Which word is NOT used to describe the speaker's lover?
still

defininitive

silent

solemn
10 What time does the poem take place?
4 PM

4 AM

7 PM

7 AM
11 O'Hara was a central figure in which group of poets?
The Imagists

The Beats

The New York School

The Symbolists
12 From which country has the speaker just returned?
Spain

Portugal

France

Italy
13 Which is NOT a theme of "Having a Coke with You"?
Art vs Life

Love

Transience

Lust
14 What did the Impressionists get wrong?
their colors were not lifelike

they didn't choose the right sitter

their perspective was off

the lighting in their paintings was not accurate
15 Before he decided to write, O'Hara thought he'd become
a soldier

a pianist

a businessman

a painter
16 Which of the following could be best identified as a symbol in the poem?
the statuary

coca cola

a famous painting

the birch tree
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______
Symbolism

Philosophy

Metaphor

Life
18 The speaker does NOT mention which work of art?
The Polish Rider

The Creation of Adam

Nude Descending a Staircase

Marini's Rider
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Frick

The Guggenheim

The Museum of Modern Art
20 O'Hara is often referred to as "a poet among ________"
painters

novelists

curators

sculptors
21 Which of the following elements is NOT a key feature of O'Hara's work?
frequent use of metaphor

the setting of New York City

a conversational tone

free verse
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Love

Modern life

Celebrity culture

Industrial society
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"
St. Sebastian

Dionysus

Polish Rider

Adam
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?
red

orange

blue

yellow
25 Which food or beverage does the speaker's lover particularly enjoy?
yogurt

ice cream

wine

coca cola

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