Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
running

trotting

stumbling

walking
2 There is no snow in ______
San Francisco

New York

Hollywood

California
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

California

San Francisco

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
traffic

a long meeting

a phone call

a car accident
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
unfaithful

disgraceful

loquacious

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

1959

1963

1964
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?
John Ashbery

Elizabeth Bishop

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
mournful

busy

campy

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Robert Lowell

Donald Allen

Marianne Moore

Ted Berrigan
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
take a break

relax

go home

get up
12 The form of this poem is
couplet

free verse

sestet

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

hailing and raining

raining and snowing

it was just raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
back

head

shoulders

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

modern life

disillusionment

death
16 What does the speaker repeat?
a telegram

A news headline

a radio broadcast

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

modeling

acting

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

funny

busy

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

car accident

foodborne illness

murder
20 The poem is set in
California

New York City

Hollywood

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

his commute home

the morning hours

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

The Imagists

The Symbolists

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

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim Museum

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

a curator

an artist

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

alliteration

internal rhyme

assonance

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by Frank O'Hara

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