Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?

Picasso

Marini

Michelangelo

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

ink

bodies

black

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

The Frick

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?

so he can present his lover with the poem

so he can remember this afternoon

so the experience is not wasted on him

so he can publish the work for money
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

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

The Polish Rider

Mona Lisa

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

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

LeRoi Jones

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

solemn

still

silent

defininitive
10 What time does the poem take place?

4 AM

7 PM

7 AM

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

The Beats

The Imagists

The New York School

The Symbolists
12 From which country has the speaker just returned?

Portugal

Italy

Spain

France
13 Which is NOT a theme of "Having a Coke with You"?

Transience

Love

Lust

Art vs Life
14 What did the Impressionists get wrong?

they didn't choose the right sitter

their colors were not lifelike

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 soldier

a pianist

a painter

a businessman
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 ______

Metaphor

Life

Philosophy

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

Nude Descending a Staircase

Marini's Rider

The Creation of Adam

The Polish Rider
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Guggenheim

The Frick

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

novelists

curators

sculptors

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

free verse

frequent use of metaphor

the setting of New York City

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

Celebrity culture

Modern life

Industrial society

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

Adam

Polish Rider

St. Sebastian

Dionysus
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?

blue

orange

yellow

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

coca cola

ice cream

yogurt

wine

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