Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
stumbling

walking

running

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______
New York

San Francisco

California

Hollywood
3 There is no rain in _______
California

New York

San Francisco

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a long meeting

a car accident

traffic

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

admirable

disgraceful

unfaithful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1959

1963

1964

1960
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______
the bus

in a taxi

the Staten Island Ferry

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

John Ashbery

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
busy

mournful

ironic

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

Ted Berrigan

Marianne Moore

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

go home

take a break

get up
12 The form of this poem is
couplet

sonnet

sestet

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

it was just raining

raining and snowing

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
head

shoulders

back

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

disillusionment

modern life

death
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
modeling

her private life

acting

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

busy

funny

confused
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
foodborne illness

car accident

heart attack

murder
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

California

New York City

Hollywood
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 Symbolists

The Imagists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
an artist

a curator

a teacher

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

internal rhyme

alliteration

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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