Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
running

stumbling

walking

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______
California

San Francisco

Hollywood

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

California

San Francisco

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a phone call

a car accident

traffic

a long meeting
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
admirable

loquacious

disgraceful

unfaithful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1963

1960

1964

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

the bus

the Staten Island Ferry

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

Marianne Moore

Elizabeth Bishop

John Ashbery
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
campy

mournful

ironic

busy
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

Donald Allen

Ted Berrigan
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
get up

go home

take a break

relax
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

raining and snowing

hailing and raining

snowing and hailing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
shoulders

back

head

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

death

disillusionment

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

a telegram

something he heard from a friend

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?
busy

shocked

funny

confused
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
murder

heart attack

car accident

foodborne illness
20 The poem is set in
California

Hollywood

New Jersey

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

his lunch hour

his commute to work

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

The Symbolists

The New York School

The Imagists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

a teacher

a curator

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

internal rhyme

alliteration

assonance

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by Frank O'Hara

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