Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
walking

stumbling

running

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______
California

Hollywood

San Francisco

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
Hollywood

New York

California

San Francisco
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a long meeting

a car accident

traffic

a phone call
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
disgraceful

admirable

loquacious

unfaithful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1960

1964

1959

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

the subway

in a taxi

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?
busy

campy

mournful

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Ted Berrigan

Robert Lowell

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
hailing and raining

raining and snowing

it was just raining

snowing and hailing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
hands

back

head

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
disillusionment

celebrity culture

modern life

death
16 What does the speaker repeat?
A news headline

something he heard from a friend

a telegram

a radio broadcast
17 Lana Turner was known for
her private life

modeling

acting

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

busy

confused

funny
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
heart attack

murder

foodborne illness

car accident
20 The poem is set in
New York City

California

New Jersey

Hollywood
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his commute home

the morning hours

his commute to work

his lunch hour
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Surrealists

The Symbolists

The Imagists

The New York School
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library

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

an artist

a teacher

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

metaphor

alliteration

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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