Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Marini

Michelangelo

Leonardo

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

ink

bodies

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

The Guggenheim

The Frick

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so he can present his lover with the poem

so he can publish the work for money

so he can remember this afternoon

so the experience is not wasted on him
5 The speaker makes great use of which literary device?
Hyperbole

Allusion

Metaphor

Onomatopeia
6 What is the poem's setting?
in a park

in an apartment

at a restaurant

in a museum
7 At which painting would the speaker "possibly" want to look, instead of his lover's face?
The Polish Rider

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Mona Lisa

The Creation of Adam
8 O'Hara developed his idea of "Personism" with which poet?
LeRoi Jones

Allen Ginsberg

Robert Lowell

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

defininitive

still

silent
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 Beats

The Symbolists

The New York School

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

Spain

Portugal

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

Art vs Life

Love

Lust
14 What did the Impressionists get wrong?
they didn't choose the right sitter

their perspective was off

their colors were not lifelike

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

a painter

a soldier

a businessman
16 Which of the following could be best identified as a symbol in the poem?
coca cola

a famous painting

the birch tree

the statuary
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______
Metaphor

Philosophy

Life

Symbolism
18 The speaker does NOT mention which work of art?
The Creation of Adam

The Polish Rider

Nude Descending a Staircase

Marini's Rider
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?
The Guggenheim

The Museum of Modern Art

The Frick

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

curators

sculptors

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

free verse

a conversational tone

the setting of New York City
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Love

Modern life

Industrial society

Celebrity culture
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"
Dionysus

St. Sebastian

Adam

Polish Rider
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?
blue

red

orange

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

ice cream

wine

yogurt

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