Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
stumbling

running

trotting

walking
2 There is no snow in ______
California

New York

San Francisco

Hollywood
3 There is no rain in _______
San Francisco

Hollywood

New York

California
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a phone call

traffic

a long meeting

a car accident
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
admirable

unfaithful

disgraceful

loquacious
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1959

1960

1964

1963
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______
in a taxi

the subway

the bus

the Staten Island Ferry
8 According to the same story, O'Hara was on the way to a reading with which poet?
Marianne Moore

Elizabeth Bishop

Robert Lowell

John Ashbery
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
campy

mournful

busy

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Robert Lowell

Ted Berrigan

Marianne Moore

Donald Allen
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
get up

take a break

relax

go home
12 The form of this poem is
couplet

sestet

sonnet

free verse
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
it was just raining

raining and snowing

hailing and raining

snowing and hailing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
shoulders

hands

head

back
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
disillusionment

modern life

death

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?
a radio broadcast

A news headline

a telegram

something he heard from a friend
17 Lana Turner was known for
her private life

acting

modeling

all of these
18 Which word does NOT describe the speaker?
busy

shocked

funny

confused
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
murder

foodborne illness

heart attack

car accident
20 The poem is set in
Hollywood

California

New Jersey

New York City
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his lunch hour

his commute to work

the morning hours

his commute home
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Surrealists

The New York School

The Imagists

The Symbolists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Guggenheim Museum

The Museum of Modern Art

The New York Public Library
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
an artist

a curator

a teacher

a concert pianist
25 O'Hara rarely uses which literary device in his poetry?
assonance

internal rhyme

alliteration

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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