Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

running

stumbling

trotting

walking
2 There is no snow in ______

San Francisco

California

Hollywood

New York
3 There is no rain in _______

Hollywood

California

New York

San Francisco
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

a long meeting

traffic

a car accident

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

disgraceful

unfaithful

admirable

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

1964

1959

1963

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

the Staten Island Ferry

the bus

the subway

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

Marianne Moore

Elizabeth Bishop

Robert Lowell

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

ironic

mournful

campy

busy
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Marianne Moore

Ted Berrigan

Robert Lowell

Donald Allen
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

couplet

sestet

free verse

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

raining and snowing

snowing and hailing

it was just raining

hailing and raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

back

shoulders

hands

head
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

modern life

celebrity culture

disillusionment

death
16 What does the speaker repeat?

a telegram

something he heard from a friend

A news headline

a radio broadcast
17 Lana Turner was known for

acting

modeling

her private life

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

confused

busy

shocked

funny
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

murder

car accident

heart attack

foodborne illness
20 The poem is set in

New Jersey

New York City

California

Hollywood
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 Symbolists

The New York School

The Surrealists

The Imagists
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?

metaphor

internal rhyme

alliteration

assonance

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by Frank O'Hara

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