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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is lacking in O'Hara's journey in "Hotel Particulier"?
(a) Money.
(b) Friends.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Creativity.
2. Who recently died in ''In a Step Away from Them"?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Pollock.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Kennedy.
3. In "Poem," O'Hara wants _____________ to bring him a cup of tea.
(a) A samovar.
(b) A friend.
(c) A coffee shop waitress.
(d) A sommelier.
4. What happens when Alma moves to Detroit?
(a) She opens a jewelry store.
(b) She joins the army.
(c) She marries a mechanic.
(d) She becomes a teacher.
5. In "Personal Poem" with whom does O'Hara eat?
(a) James Spader.
(b) Malcom X.
(c) LeRoi Jones.
(d) Warhol.
6. At the start of "Poem (4)," with whom does O'Hara chat?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) A banker.
(c) A cabbie.
(d) A baker.
7. Whom does O'Hara compare himself to in "Cambridge"?
(a) Stewart.
(b) Stephan King.
(c) His father.
(d) The Russian Writers.
8. What does O'Hara say happens when Alma dies?
(a) The moon sleeps.
(b) The spirits dance.
(c) The doves cry.
(d) The earth shakes.
9. Where does O'Hara wonder if he should work at in "Cambridge"?
(a) A school.
(b) A doctor's offic.
(c) A construction site.
(d) A hospital.
10. In "Cambridge," where does O'Hara say writers create their best work?
(a) On the street.
(b) In a hotel room.
(c) In the tropics.
(d) In the cold.
11. Whom does Alma miss when she moves to Detroit?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her dead mother.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her dead father.
12. In what season does "Poem" take place?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.
13. In "Poem (4)," what does O'Hara debate with friends?
(a) Politics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Smoking.
(d) The weather.
14. In "Poem (2)," how many time does O'Hara say he's been in love?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) None.
15. What is the location of the object O'Hara describes in "Rhapsody"?
(a) Madison Ave.
(b) Morgan Lane.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Dixon St.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the condition of O'Hara in "In Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul"?
2. What does O'Hara wonder in "Poem (2)"?
3. What type of neurotic does O'Hara describe himself as in "Poem"?
4. What does O'Hara drink in "2 Poems from the O'Hara Monogatari"?
5. Where is O'Hara walking at the start of "Poem"?
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