Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
trotting

walking

stumbling

running
2 There is no snow in ______
San Francisco

California

Hollywood

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
Hollywood

California

San Francisco

New York
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
traffic

a car accident

a long meeting

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

unfaithful

disgraceful

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

1963

1959

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

Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop

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

busy

mournful

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

Marianne Moore

Ted Berrigan

Donald Allen
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
go home

get up

relax

take a break
12 The form of this poem is
sonnet

free verse

sestet

couplet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
it was just raining

snowing and hailing

raining and snowing

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
back

shoulders

head

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

modern life

death

disillusionment
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
modeling

acting

her private life

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

confused

funny

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

foodborne illness

car accident

murder
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

Hollywood

California

New York City
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his commute to work

the morning hours

his lunch hour

his commute home
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Imagists

The Surrealists

The New York School

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

The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum

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

an artist

a concert pianist

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

assonance

alliteration

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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