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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. Whom does O'Hara compare himself to in "Cambridge"?
(a) Stewart.
(b) His father.
(c) The Russian Writers.
(d) Stephan King.
2. What happens when Alma moves to Detroit?
(a) She marries a mechanic.
(b) She opens a jewelry store.
(c) She becomes a teacher.
(d) She joins the army.
3. Whom does O'Hara thank for the music at the end of "Naphtha"?
(a) Bowie.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Bing Crosby.
(d) Duke Ellington.
4. What does O'Hara write in "Song," that does not perturb us?
(a) Shaking someone's hand.
(b) Reading the news.
(c) Cleaning toilets.
(d) War.
5. What cultural event does O'Hara attend in "Poem (4)"?
(a) A book signing.
(b) A movie.
(c) An art gallery.
(d) A concert.
Short Answer Questions
1. What emotion does O'Hara express in "Poem (4)"?
2. What entity does O'Hara long to be in "Three Airs"?
3. In "Poem" how does O'Hara convince the man to sleep with him?
4. What type of neurotic does O'Hara describe himself as in "Poem"?
5. What flying animal does O'Hara describe in "Three Airs"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the building in "Rhapsody"?
2. What does "On the Way to San Remo" describe?
3. List two things O'Hara describes in "On the Way to San Remo" and how he describes them.
4. What does O'Hara refer to Manhattan as in "Rhapsody" and why?
5. Whose death does O'Hara learn about in "The Day Lady Died," and where does he learn about the death?
6. What effect does tea have on O'Hara in "Poem"?
7. What does O'Hara long to be at the end of "Three Airs," and what does he want to do?
8. What is O'Hara's opinion of his trip to Paris in "Hotel Particulier"?
9. What does O'Hara assert we are not afraid of touching in "Song"?
10. In "Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul," how does O'Hara think that he needs to exist?
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