Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
running

walking

trotting

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______
San Francisco

New York

California

Hollywood
3 There is no rain in _______
California

San Francisco

Hollywood

New York
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?
disgraceful

loquacious

unfaithful

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

1959

1960

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

the Staten Island Ferry

in a taxi

the subway
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

ironic

busy

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
relax

get up

go home

take a break
12 The form of this poem is
sestet

free verse

sonnet

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

raining and snowing

it was just raining

snowing and hailing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
shoulders

head

hands

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

disillusionment

death

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

a radio broadcast

A news headline

a telegram
17 Lana Turner was known for
her private life

acting

modeling

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

busy

shocked

funny
19 O'Hara died as a result of a
heart attack

car accident

murder

foodborne illness
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

Hollywood

New York City

California
21 O'Hara was known for writing poems during
his commute to work

his commute home

his lunch hour

the morning hours
22 O'Hara is associated with which group of poets?
The Imagists

The New York School

The Surrealists

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

The Museum of Modern Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

a concert pianist

an artist

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

internal rhyme

assonance

metaphor

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by Frank O'Hara

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