Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
stumbling

trotting

running

walking
2 There is no snow in ______
San Francisco

Hollywood

California

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

California

San Francisco

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a car accident

a phone call

traffic

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

unfaithful

loquacious

disgraceful
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 _______
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?
Elizabeth Bishop

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

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

ironic

campy

busy
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Donald Allen

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore

Ted Berrigan
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
go home

get up

relax

take a break
12 The form of this poem is
free verse

sonnet

couplet

sestet
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 ____
hands

back

head

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
modern life

celebrity culture

disillusionment

death
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
acting

her private life

modeling

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

funny

confused

shocked
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
car accident

heart attack

murder

foodborne illness
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

California

New York City

Hollywood
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his lunch hour

the morning hours

his commute to work

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

The Symbolists

The Imagists

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

The Museum of Modern Art

The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
a concert pianist

an artist

a curator

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

metaphor

internal rhyme

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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