Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quizzes

Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] Quiz

1 The speaker was _______ along
walking

trotting

running

stumbling
2 There is no snow in ______
Hollywood

San Francisco

California

New York
3 There is no rain in _______
New York

Hollywood

California

San Francisco
4 The speaker is delayed by the weather and
a phone call

a car accident

traffic

a long meeting
5 How has the speaker acted at many parties?
admirable

loquacious

unfaithful

disgraceful
6 O'Hara's collection Lunch Poems was published in
1964

1963

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?
John Ashbery

Marianne Moore

Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop
9 Which does NOT describe the tone of the poem?
mournful

busy

campy

ironic
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
relax

get up

go home

take a break
12 The form of this poem is
sonnet

free verse

sestet

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

hailing and raining

snowing and hailing

raining and snowing
14 Hailing hits you on the ____
back

hands

shoulders

head
15 Which theme does this poem NOT explore?
celebrity culture

death

modern life

disillusionment
16 What does the speaker repeat?
A news headline

something he heard from a friend

a telegram

a radio broadcast
17 Lana Turner was known for
modeling

her private life

acting

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

shocked

busy

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

car accident

foodborne illness

murder
20 The poem is set in
New Jersey

Hollywood

California

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

his lunch hour

the morning hours

his commute to work
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 Guggenheim Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The New York Public Library

The Museum of Modern Art
24 Before becoming a writer, O'Hara wanted to be
a teacher

an artist

a curator

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

metaphor

internal rhyme

alliteration

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by Frank O'Hara

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