Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
running

stumbling

walking

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______
California

New York

Hollywood

San Francisco
3 There is no rain in _______
Hollywood

New York

California

San Francisco
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

loquacious

disgraceful

admirable
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1963

1964

1959

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

the Staten Island Ferry

the bus

in a taxi
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?
campy

ironic

mournful

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

Robert Lowell

Ted Berrigan

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

go home

relax

get up
12 The form of this poem is
sestet

free verse

sonnet

couplet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
raining and snowing

snowing and hailing

it was just raining

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
back

shoulders

hands

head
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
death

modern life

disillusionment

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
acting

modeling

her private life

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

funny

confused

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

foodborne illness

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

his commute to work

his commute home

the morning hours
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Imagists

The Symbolists

The Surrealists

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

The New York Public Library

The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
a teacher

a concert pianist

an artist

a curator
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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