Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
trotting

walking

stumbling

running
2 There is no snow in ______
California

San Francisco

Hollywood

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

San Francisco

Hollywood

California
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a long meeting

a phone call

traffic

a car accident
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
loquacious

unfaithful

admirable

disgraceful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1960

1964

1959

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

the bus

the Staten Island Ferry

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

John Ashbery

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

busy

ironic

mournful
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?
Ted Berrigan

Robert Lowell

Donald Allen

Marianne Moore
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
sestet

sonnet

couplet

free verse
13 O'Hara's speaker insists the weather he experienced was
it was just raining

hailing and raining

snowing and hailing

raining and snowing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
head

back

shoulders

hands
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
disillusionment

modern life

celebrity culture

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
modeling

her private life

acting

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

busy

funny

shocked
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
heart attack

car accident

murder

foodborne illness
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

Hollywood

California

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

his commute home

his lunch hour

the morning hours
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Surrealists

The New York School

The Symbolists

The Imagists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library

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

a curator

an artist

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

metaphor

alliteration

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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