Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Picasso

Michelangelo

Leonardo

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

paint

ink

black
3 What museum does the speaker wish to visit with his lover?
The Guggenheim

The Frick

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern 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?
Allusion

Hyperbole

Onomatopeia

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

in an apartment

at a restaurant

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

Mona Lisa

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

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

Marianne Moore

LeRoi Jones

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

defininitive

still

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

7 PM

4 PM

4 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?
Spain

Portugal

France

Italy
13 Which is NOT a theme of "Having a Coke with You"?
Art vs Life

Transience

Love

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

they didn't choose the right sitter

the lighting in their paintings was not accurate

their perspective was off
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 birch tree

coca cola

a famous painting

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?
The Creation of Adam

The Polish Rider

Marini's Rider

Nude Descending a Staircase
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?
The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim

The Frick

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

novelists

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

a conversational tone

free verse
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Industrial society

Modern life

Love

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

Polish Rider

Adam

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

yellow

orange

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

yogurt

wine

ice cream

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