Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

walking

trotting

stumbling

running
2 There is no snow in ______

California

New York

San Francisco

Hollywood
3 There is no rain in _______

California

Hollywood

New York

San Francisco
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

a long meeting

traffic

a car accident

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

loquacious

disgraceful

admirable

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

1964

1960

1963

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

the bus

the Staten Island Ferry

in a taxi

the subway
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

busy

mournful

ironic
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Ted Berrigan

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

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

relax

go home

get up

take a break
12 The form of this poem is

free verse

couplet

sestet

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

raining and snowing

hailing and raining

snowing and hailing

it was just raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

shoulders

back

hands

head
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

modern life

disillusionment

death

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?

A news headline

a radio broadcast

something he heard from a friend

a telegram
17 Lana Turner was known for

her private life

acting

modeling

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

busy

shocked

funny

confused
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

car accident

heart attack

murder

foodborne illness
20 The poem is set in

New Jersey

New York City

Hollywood

California
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

his commute home

his commute to work

the morning hours

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 Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim Museum
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be

a teacher

an artist

a curator

a concert pianist
25 O'Hara rarely uses which literary device in his poetry?

metaphor

assonance

internal rhyme

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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