Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

walking

stumbling

running

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______

Hollywood

California

New York

San Francisco
3 There is no rain in _______

New York

San Francisco

California

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

traffic

a long meeting

a car accident

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

admirable

disgraceful

unfaithful

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

1959

1963

1960

1964
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______

the Staten Island Ferry

the bus

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

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

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

ironic

campy

mournful

busy
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Donald Allen

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore

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

go home

get up

take a break

relax
12 The form of this poem is

free verse

sonnet

couplet

sestet
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 ____

hands

back

head

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

celebrity culture

modern life

disillusionment

death
16 What does the speaker repeat?

A news headline

a telegram

something he heard from a friend

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?

shocked

confused

busy

funny
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

heart attack

foodborne illness

car accident

murder
20 The poem is set in

New York City

California

Hollywood

New Jersey
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

the morning hours

his commute to work

his commute home

his lunch hour
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?

The Symbolists

The Imagists

The Surrealists

The New York School
23 Where did O'Hara work?

The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Guggenheim Museum

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

a teacher

an artist

a concert pianist

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

internal rhyme

alliteration

assonance

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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