Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along

stumbling

walking

trotting

running
2 There is no snow in ______

California

New York

Hollywood

San Francisco
3 There is no rain in _______

Hollywood

New York

San Francisco

California
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?

unfaithful

admirable

loquacious

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

1960

1959

1963

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

the subway

in a taxi

the bus

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

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

John Ashbery

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

campy

busy

ironic

mournful
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Marianne Moore

Ted Berrigan

Donald Allen

Robert Lowell
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

sestet

sonnet

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 ____

back

hands

head

shoulders
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

disillusionment

celebrity culture

death

modern life
16 What does the speaker repeat?

A news headline

a radio broadcast

a telegram

something he heard from a friend
17 Lana Turner was known for

modeling

her private life

acting

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

shocked

confused

busy

funny
19 O'Hara died as a result of a

car accident

foodborne illness

heart attack

murder
20 The poem is set in

New Jersey

California

New York City

Hollywood
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during

his lunch hour

his commute home

the morning hours

his commute to work
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 Guggenheim Museum

The Museum of Modern Art

The New York Public Library

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

a teacher

an artist

a concert pianist

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

metaphor

assonance

alliteration

internal rhyme

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by Frank O'Hara

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