Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

stumbling

running

walking

trotting
2 There is no snow in ______

California

New York

Hollywood

San Francisco
3 There is no rain in _______

California

New York

San Francisco

Hollywood
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?

admirable

disgraceful

loquacious

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

1959

1960

1963

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

the Staten Island Ferry

the subway

in a taxi

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

John Ashbery

Elizabeth Bishop

Marianne Moore

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

ironic

mournful

campy

busy
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Donald Allen

Robert Lowell

Ted Berrigan

Marianne Moore
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to

relax

get up

take a break

go home
12 The form of this poem is

free verse

couplet

sonnet

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

raining and snowing

snowing and hailing

hailing and raining

it was just raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

back

head

shoulders

hands
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

celebrity culture

death

disillusionment

modern life
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

acting

her private life

modeling

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

funny

confused

shocked

busy
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

heart attack

murder

car accident

foodborne illness
20 The poem is set in

California

New York City

Hollywood

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

the morning hours

his commute home

his lunch hour

his commute to work
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?

The New York School

The Surrealists

The Symbolists

The Imagists
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

an artist

a teacher

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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