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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Three Airs," from what structures does O'Hara wish to be free?
(a) Buildings.
(b) Elevators.
(c) Bridges.
(d) Churches.

2. What type of structure does O'Hara claim the person he thanks played in at the end of "Naphtha"?
(a) Bridges.
(b) Buildings.
(c) Libraries.
(d) Churches.

3. In "Poem," O'Hara wants _____________ to bring him a cup of tea.
(a) A sommelier.
(b) A coffee shop waitress.
(c) A friend.
(d) A samovar.

4. What flying animal does O'Hara describe in "Three Airs"?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Pig.

5. What does O'Hara say happens when Alma dies?
(a) The earth shakes.
(b) The doves cry.
(c) The spirits dance.
(d) The moon sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alma at the end of the poem?

2. Where does O'Hara wonder if he should work at in "Cambridge"?

3. Where does "Image of the Buddha Preaching" take place?

4. At the start of "Poem (4)," with whom does O'Hara chat?

5. What bird does O'Hara describe in "Three Airs"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul," how does O'Hara think that he needs to exist?

2. What does O'Hara long to be at the end of "Three Airs," and what does he want to do?

3. Where does O'Hara travel from to see Alma? Where does he go to see her?

4. What is the weather like in "Music"?

5. What is the significance of the building in "Rhapsody"?

6. Whose death does O'Hara learn about in "The Day Lady Died," and where does he learn about the death?

7. What does "Poem (2)" discuss?

8. List two things O'Hara describes in "On the Way to San Remo" and how he describes them.

9. Whose death does O'Hara think about in "A Step Away From Them," and what does he think about them?

10. What does "On the Way to San Remo" describe?

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