Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
running

trotting

walking

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______
Hollywood

New York

California

San Francisco
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?
admirable

loquacious

disgraceful

unfaithful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1963

1964

1959

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

the Staten Island Ferry

in a taxi

the bus
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?
mournful

ironic

busy

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

Ted Berrigan

Marianne Moore

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

get up

take a break

go home
12 The form of this poem is
couplet

free verse

sonnet

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

hailing and raining

raining and snowing

snowing and hailing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
hands

head

shoulders

back
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
death

disillusionment

modern life

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?
something he heard from a friend

a radio broadcast

a telegram

A news headline
17 Lana Turner was known for
her private life

acting

modeling

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

shocked

funny

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

car accident

heart attack

murder
20 The poem is set in
Hollywood

California

New Jersey

New York City
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 Symbolists

The New York School

The Surrealists
23 Where did O'Hara work?
The New York Public Library

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim Museum
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
an artist

a teacher

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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