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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is O'Hara in "A Little Travel Diary"?
(a) A train.
(b) A car.
(c) A museum.
(d) A hotel.

2. What action does O'Hara describe at the start of "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Writing.

3. In "Mary Desti's Ass," where does O'Hara say he contracted a strange illness?
(a) Singapore.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Moscow.

4. In "Poem en Forme de Saw," where does O'Hara wonder if he should visit?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Winnipeg.
(d) Quebec.

5. In what city does "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" begin?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Paris.
(c) Moscow.
(d) New York.

6. In what shape is "Poem en Forme de Saw" written?
(a) A heart.
(b) A smiley face.
(c) A square.
(d) A saw.

7. In "St. Paul and All That," O'Hara writes about what disappearing?
(a) Love.
(b) Friends.
(c) Money.
(d) War.

8. How many parts does "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" contain?
(a) Nine.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

9. What does O'Hara want people to free themselves from in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?
(a) Hate.
(b) Self.
(c) Earthly needs.
(d) Money.

10. What does O'Hara assert is the true face of the city in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Rage.

11. What does O'Hara request at the end of "Down at the Canal"?
(a) A knife.
(b) A drink.
(c) Food.
(d) A gun.

12. To whom is "Steps" addressed?
(a) His brother.
(b) His lover.
(c) New York.
(d) His girlfriend.

13. In "Cornkind," what is the boy's connection to his past?
(a) A diary.
(b) A photo.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

14. Where is O'Hara in "In Memoir of Sergei O"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Athens.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Georgia.

15. In "Steps," what do women wear in O'Hara's vision of New York?
(a) Hats.
(b) Tight clothes.
(c) Cloaks.
(d) Aprons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Mary Desti's Ass," what city does O'Hara warn the reader about?

2. Where does O'Hara argue students should learn about sex in "Ave Maria"?

3. What spreads through the alleyways in "How to Get There"?

4. What does O'Hara write will come to an end in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?

5. In "Five Poems," what does O'Hara question about himself?

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