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 ______

San Francisco

Hollywood

California

New York
3 There is no rain in _______

California

Hollywood

New York

San Francisco
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?

unfaithful

disgraceful

loquacious

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

1960

1959

1964

1963
7 According to a popular story, O'Hara composed "Poem [Lana Turner has Collapsed!]" on _______

the subway

the bus

in a taxi

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

John Ashbery

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore

Elizabeth Bishop
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?

ironic

campy

busy

mournful
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

take a break

get up

relax

go home
12 The form of this poem is

sonnet

sestet

free verse

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

snowing and hailing

raining and snowing

it was just raining

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

head

hands

back

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

death

disillusionment

celebrity culture

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

her private life

modeling

acting

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

confused

funny

busy

shocked
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

foodborne illness

heart attack

murder

car accident
20 The poem is set in

New Jersey

Hollywood

New York City

California
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

his commute to work

the morning hours

his lunch hour

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

The New York School

The Symbolists

The Surrealists

The Imagists
23 Where did O'Hara work?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library

The Guggenheim Museum

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

a curator

an artist

a concert pianist

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

internal rhyme

metaphor

assonance

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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