Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
trotting

walking

running

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______
New York

San Francisco

California

Hollywood
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

California

Hollywood

San Francisco
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a car accident

a phone call

a long meeting

traffic
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
admirable

loquacious

unfaithful

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

1959

1964

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?
John Ashbery

Elizabeth Bishop

Robert Lowell

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

busy

ironic

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

Donald Allen

Robert Lowell

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

couplet

free verse

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

snowing and hailing

it was just raining

raining and snowing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
back

shoulders

head

hands
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
modern life

disillusionment

death

celebrity culture
16 What does the speaker repeat?
a radio broadcast

A news headline

something he heard from a friend

a telegram
17 Lana Turner was known for
modeling

acting

her private life

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

funny

busy

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

murder

car accident

heart attack
20 The poem is set in
Hollywood

California

New Jersey

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

his commute to work

the morning hours

his lunch hour
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Surrealists

The Symbolists

The New York School

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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

an artist

a teacher

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

internal rhyme

alliteration

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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