Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

stumbling

trotting

walking

running
2 There is no snow in ______

San Francisco

New York

Hollywood

California
3 There is no rain in _______

San Francisco

California

Hollywood

New York
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

a car accident

traffic

a phone call

a long meeting
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?

unfaithful

disgraceful

admirable

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

1964

1959

1963

1960
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______

the subway

the Staten Island Ferry

in a taxi

the bus
8 According to the same story, O'Hara was on the way to a reading with which poet?

John Ashbery

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?

mournful

busy

campy

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Donald Allen

Ted Berrigan

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to

go home

take a break

get up

relax
12 The form of this poem is

sestet

couplet

free verse

sonnet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was

snowing and hailing

it was just raining

hailing and raining

raining and snowing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

head

hands

back

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

death

disillusionment

modern life

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?

a telegram

a radio broadcast

A news headline

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

acting

her private life

modeling

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

shocked

funny

busy

confused
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

foodborne illness

heart attack

murder

car accident
20 The poem is set in

New York City

California

Hollywood

New Jersey
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

his lunch hour

the morning hours

his commute home

his commute to work
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?

The Imagists

The New York School

The Symbolists

The Surrealists
23 Where did O'Hara work?

The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Guggenheim Museum

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

an artist

a curator

a concert pianist

a teacher
25 O'Hara rarely uses which literary device in his poetry?

alliteration

assonance

metaphor

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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