Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?

Marini

Picasso

Leonardo

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

paint

bodies

ink

black
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 remember this afternoon

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
5 The speaker makes great use of which literary device?

Hyperbole

Allusion

Onomatopeia

Metaphor
6 What is the poem's setting?

in an apartment

in a park

at a restaurant

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

Mona Lisa

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Creation of Adam

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

Allen Ginsberg

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

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

defininitive

silent

still

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 Symbolists

The New York School

The Imagists

The Beats
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"?

Love

Art vs Life

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 businessman

a soldier

a painter

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

the statuary

a famous painting

the birch tree

coca cola
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______

Philosophy

Metaphor

Symbolism

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

The Polish Rider

Marini's Rider

The Creation of Adam

Nude Descending a Staircase
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?

The Frick

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim

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

curators

painters

sculptors

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

a conversational tone

free verse

the setting of New York City

frequent use of metaphor
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

Adam

Dionysus

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

blue

yellow

red

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

wine

yogurt

ice cream

coca cola

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