Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Marini

Leonardo

Michelangelo

Picasso
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 Frick

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so he can present his lover with the poem

so the experience is not wasted on him

so he can publish the work for money

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

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Allusion
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?
Mona Lisa

The Polish Rider

The Creation of Adam

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
8 O'Hara developed his idea of "Personism" with which poet?
Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

Allen Ginsberg

LeRoi Jones
9 Which word is NOT used to describe the speaker's lover?
solemn

still

defininitive

silent
10 What time does the poem take place?
7 PM

4 PM

4 AM

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

The Beats

The Symbolists

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

France

Portugal

Italy
13 Which is NOT a theme of "Having a Coke with You"?
Transience

Love

Art vs Life

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

their perspective was off

they didn't choose the right sitter

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

a painter

a pianist

a businessman
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

Metaphor

Philosophy

Life
18 The speaker does NOT mention which work of art?
Nude Descending a Staircase

Marini's Rider

The Creation of Adam

The Polish Rider
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?
The Frick

The Guggenheim

The Museum of Modern Art

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

curators

painters

sculptors
21 Which of the following elements is NOT a key feature of O'Hara's work?
the setting of New York City

frequent use of metaphor

free verse

a conversational tone
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Celebrity culture

Love

Industrial society

Modern life
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"
Adam

Dionysus

Polish Rider

St. Sebastian
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?
yellow

blue

red

orange
25 Which food or beverage does the speaker's lover particularly enjoy?
ice cream

coca cola

yogurt

wine

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