Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
trotting

running

walking

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______
New York

California

Hollywood

San Francisco
3 There is no rain in _______
San Francisco

California

New York

Hollywood
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a car accident

a long meeting

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
1964

1959

1960

1963
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?
John Ashbery

Elizabeth Bishop

Robert Lowell

Marianne Moore
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
campy

ironic

busy

mournful
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Donald Allen

Marianne Moore

Ted Berrigan

Robert Lowell
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to
go home

relax

take a break

get up
12 The form of this poem is
couplet

free verse

sestet

sonnet
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
raining and snowing

hailing and raining

it was just raining

snowing and hailing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
shoulders

hands

back

head
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
disillusionment

death

modern life

celebrity culture
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
her private life

modeling

acting

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

confused

funny

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

car accident

murder

heart attack
20 The poem is set in
Hollywood

New York City

California

New Jersey
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his commute to work

the morning hours

his commute home

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

The Surrealists

The Symbolists

The New York School
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 teacher

an artist

a curator

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

alliteration

metaphor

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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