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 ______

California

New York

Hollywood

San Francisco
3 There is no rain in _______

New York

Hollywood

California

San Francisco
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

a phone call

traffic

a long meeting

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

loquacious

unfaithful

admirable

disgraceful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in

1963

1964

1960

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

the bus

in a taxi

the subway

the Staten Island Ferry
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?

mournful

busy

campy

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

go home

get up

relax

take a break
12 The form of this poem is

sonnet

sestet

couplet

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

snowing and hailing

hailing and raining

it was just raining

raining and snowing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

head

shoulders

hands

back
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

celebrity culture

disillusionment

modern life

death
16 What does the speaker repeat?

something he heard from a friend

a radio broadcast

a telegram

A news headline
17 Lana Turner was known for

modeling

her private life

acting

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

funny

shocked

busy

confused
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

murder

foodborne illness

car accident

heart attack
20 The poem is set in

New York City

Hollywood

New Jersey

California
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

his commute to work

his commute home

his lunch hour

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

The New York School

The Symbolists

The Surrealists

The Imagists
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 teacher

a concert pianist

a curator

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

internal rhyme

metaphor

assonance

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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