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 _____"
bodies

black

ink

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

The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Guggenheim
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so he can remember this afternoon

so he can publish the work for money

so the experience is not wasted on him

so he can present his lover with the poem
5 The speaker makes great use of which literary device?
Metaphor

Onomatopeia

Hyperbole

Allusion
6 What is the poem's setting?
in an apartment

in a museum

in a park

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

The Creation of Adam

Mona Lisa

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

Allen Ginsberg

Robert Lowell

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

still

silent

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 Beats

The New York School

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

Italy

France

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

Lust

Love

Transience
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 painter

a businessman

a soldier

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

a famous painting

the statuary

the birch tree
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______
Philosophy

Symbolism

Life

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

The Polish Rider

The Creation of Adam

Marini's Rider
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 ________"
sculptors

painters

novelists

curators
21 Which of the following elements is NOT a key feature of O'Hara's work?
the setting of New York City

free verse

frequent use of metaphor

a conversational tone
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Modern life

Industrial society

Celebrity culture

Love
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"
Polish Rider

St. Sebastian

Adam

Dionysus
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?
blue

yellow

red

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

yogurt

coca cola

wine

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