Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
running

stumbling

trotting

walking
2 There is no snow in ______
Hollywood

San Francisco

California

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
Hollywood

San Francisco

New York

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

traffic

a car accident

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

unfaithful

disgraceful

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

1963

1960

1964
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______
the bus

the subway

the Staten Island Ferry

in a taxi
8 According to the same story, O'Hara was on the way to a reading with which poet?
Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop

John Ashbery

Marianne Moore
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
ironic

campy

busy

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

Donald Allen

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
get up

go home

relax

take a break
12 The form of this poem is
couplet

sonnet

free verse

sestet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
snowing and hailing

raining and snowing

it was just raining

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
shoulders

head

back

hands
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
celebrity culture

modern life

disillusionment

death
16 What does the speaker repeat?
A news headline

a radio broadcast

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?
funny

shocked

busy

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

murder

foodborne illness

car accident
20 The poem is set in
Hollywood

New Jersey

New York City

California
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 Imagists

The Symbolists

The New York School
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum

The Museum of Modern Art

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

a teacher

an artist

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

internal rhyme

assonance

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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