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 ______

Hollywood

San Francisco

California

New York
3 There is no rain in _______

New York

Hollywood

San Francisco

California
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and

a long meeting

a phone call

a car accident

traffic
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?

admirable

disgraceful

unfaithful

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

1959

1964

1963

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

the Staten Island Ferry

the subway

in a taxi

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

John Ashbery

Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop

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

mournful

campy

ironic

busy
10 Who helped O'Hara assemble Lunch Poems?

Donald Allen

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

Ted Berrigan
11 At the end of the poem, the speaker tells Turner to

get up

take a break

relax

go home
12 The form of this poem is

sonnet

free verse

couplet

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

raining and snowing

hailing and raining

snowing and hailing

it was just raining
14 Hailing hits you on the ____

back

shoulders

head

hands
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?

celebrity culture

death

modern life

disillusionment
16 What does the speaker repeat?

a telegram

a radio broadcast

A news headline

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

modeling

acting

her private life

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

murder

heart attack

car accident
20 The poem is set in

New York City

New Jersey

California

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 Symbolists

The New York School

The Surrealists
23 Where did O'Hara work?

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be

an artist

a concert pianist

a curator

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

internal rhyme

assonance

metaphor

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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