Having a Coke With You Quizzes

Having a Coke With You Quiz

1 Which artist is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
Picasso

Michelangelo

Marini

Leonardo
2 "the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just _____"
ink

paint

bodies

black
3 What museum does the speaker wish to visit with his lover?
The Frick

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The Guggenheim
4 Why does the speaker compose the poem?
so he can publish the work for money

so the experience is not wasted on him

so he can remember this afternoon

so he can present his lover with the poem
5 The speaker makes great use of which literary device?
Hyperbole

Metaphor

Onomatopeia

Allusion
6 What is the poem's setting?
in a park

in an apartment

at a restaurant

in a museum
7 At which painting would the speaker "possibly" want to look, instead of his lover's face?
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Creation of Adam

Mona Lisa

The Polish Rider
8 O'Hara developed his idea of "Personism" with which poet?
Allen Ginsberg

Marianne Moore

LeRoi Jones

Robert Lowell
9 Which word is NOT used to describe the speaker's lover?
still

defininitive

solemn

silent
10 What time does the poem take place?
4 AM

7 AM

7 PM

4 PM
11 O'Hara was a central figure in which group of poets?
The Symbolists

The Imagists

The New York School

The Beats
12 From which country has the speaker just returned?
Italy

Spain

France

Portugal
13 Which is NOT a theme of "Having a Coke with You"?
Love

Art vs Life

Transience

Lust
14 What did the Impressionists get wrong?
their colors were not lifelike

the lighting in their paintings was not accurate

their perspective was off

they didn't choose the right sitter
15 Before he decided to write, O'Hara thought he'd become
a soldier

a painter

a businessman

a pianist
16 Which of the following could be best identified as a symbol in the poem?
the statuary

coca cola

a famous painting

the birch tree
17 O'Hara wore that Personism is "all art," not ______
Symbolism

Philosophy

Metaphor

Life
18 The speaker does NOT mention which work of art?
Nude Descending a Staircase

The Polish Rider

Marini's Rider

The Creation of Adam
19 O'Hara worked at which art museum?
The Guggenheim

The Frick

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art
20 O'Hara is often referred to as "a poet among ________"
sculptors

novelists

painters

curators
21 Which of the following elements is NOT a key feature of O'Hara's work?
the setting of New York City

free verse

a conversational tone

frequent use of metaphor
22 Which theme does NOT reoccur throughout O'Hara's poetry?
Modern life

Industrial society

Celebrity culture

Love
23 The speaker's love looks like a "better, happier ______"
Polish Rider

Dionysus

St. Sebastian

Adam
24 What color is the speaker's shirt?
red

blue

yellow

orange
25 Which food or beverage does the speaker's lover particularly enjoy?
coca cola

wine

yogurt

ice cream

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