Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Leonardo

Michelangelo

Marini

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 Guggenheim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The Frick
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so the experience is not wasted on him

so he can present his lover with the poem

so he can publish the work for money

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

Metaphor

Allusion

Onomatopeia
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?
Mona Lisa

The Polish Rider

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Creation of Adam
8 O'Hara developed his idea of "Personism" with which poet?
LeRoi Jones

Allen Ginsberg

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore
9 Which word is NOT used to describe the speaker's lover?
silent

still

solemn

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

4 AM

7 PM

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

The Imagists

The Symbolists

The New York School
12 From which country has the speaker just returned?
Portugal

France

Italy

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

Love

Transience

Lust
14 What did the Impressionists get wrong?
their perspective was off

the lighting in their paintings was not accurate

they didn't choose the right sitter

their colors were not lifelike
15 Before he decided to write, O'Hara thought he'd become
a businessman

a pianist

a painter

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

coca cola

the birch tree

a famous painting
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

The Creation of Adam

Marini's Rider

The Polish Rider
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

painters

sculptors

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

the setting of New York City

frequent use of metaphor

free verse
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Celebrity culture

Industrial society

Love

Modern life
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"
Dionysus

St. Sebastian

Polish Rider

Adam
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?
orange

blue

red

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

ice cream

yogurt

wine

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