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 _____"
paint

black

ink

bodies
3 What museum does the speaker wish to visit with his lover?
The Frick

The Guggenheim

The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so he can publish the work for money

so he can present his lover with the poem

so the experience is not wasted on him

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

Metaphor

Onomatopeia

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

at a restaurant

in an apartment

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

The Creation of Adam

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Polish Rider
8 O'Hara developed his idea of "Personism" with which poet?
Robert Lowell

LeRoi Jones

Marianne Moore

Allen Ginsberg
9 Which word is NOT used to describe the speaker's lover?
defininitive

silent

still

solemn
10 What time does the poem take place?
7 AM

4 PM

7 PM

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

The Imagists

The New York School

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"?
Transience

Art vs Life

Lust

Love
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 soldier

a businessman

a pianist

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

the birch tree

coca cola

a famous painting
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______
Life

Metaphor

Symbolism

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

Nude Descending a Staircase

The Creation of Adam

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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

sculptors

novelists

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

a conversational tone

the setting of New York City

frequent use of metaphor
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Modern life

Love

Industrial society

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

Adam

St. Sebastian

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

blue

red

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

coca cola

wine

ice cream

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