Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Leonardo

Picasso

Michelangelo

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

bodies

paint

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Frick

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

so he can remember this afternoon

so he can present his lover with the poem

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

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Allusion
6 What is the poem's setting?
in a museum

at a restaurant

in a park

in an apartment
7 At which painting would the speaker "possibly" want to look, instead of his lover's face?
The Creation of Adam

Mona Lisa

The Polish Rider

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

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore

Allen Ginsberg
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 AM

4 AM

4 PM

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

The Imagists

The Symbolists

The Beats
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"?
Lust

Love

Transience

Art vs Life
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 businessman

a painter

a soldier
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

Life

Symbolism

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

Marini's Rider

The Polish Rider

The Creation of Adam
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Frick

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim
20 O'Hara is often referred to as "a poet among ________"
sculptors

novelists

painters

curators
21 Which of the following elements is NOT a key feature of O'Hara's work?
free verse

a conversational tone

frequent use of metaphor

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

Celebrity culture

Love

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

Adam

Polish Rider

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

red

orange

blue
25 Which food or beverage does the speaker's lover particularly enjoy?
wine

yogurt

coca cola

ice cream

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