Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
walking

trotting

running

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______
San Francisco

New York

Hollywood

California
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

California

Hollywood

San Francisco
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?
disgraceful

loquacious

unfaithful

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

1964

1963

1959
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______
the bus

the Staten Island Ferry

the subway

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

John Ashbery

Robert Lowell

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

mournful

busy

ironic
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
take a break

go home

get up

relax
12 The form of this poem is
sestet

sonnet

couplet

free verse
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
hailing and raining

raining and snowing

snowing and hailing

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

back

head

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

disillusionment

death

modern life
16 What does the speaker repeat?
a radio broadcast

something he heard from a friend

a telegram

A news headline
17 Lana Turner was known for
modeling

acting

her private life

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

murder

heart attack

foodborne illness
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

Hollywood

California

New York City
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 Surrealists

The New York School

The Imagists

The Symbolists
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

a curator

a teacher

an artist
25 O'Hara rarely uses which literary device in his poetry?
metaphor

internal rhyme

assonance

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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