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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. What is the weather condition where O'Hara finds his love in "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Hot.
(d) Tornados.

2. During the poem "A Little Travel Diary," what does O'Hara pass?
(a) A crying child.
(b) The Spanish countryside.
(c) A lost puppy.
(d) Rome.

3. How does O'Hara feel when he is with the other person in "St. Paul and All That"?
(a) Scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Moody.
(d) Safe.

4. In ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what no longer interests us?
(a) Sex.
(b) Money.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Rock n' Roll.

5. O'Hara ponders the point of _____________in "Cornkind."
(a) Being very wealthy.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Having a son.
(d) Driving a car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What month does "How to Get There" take place?

3. What is the overall theme of "Cornkind"?

4. What emotion is O'Hara feeling at the start of "In Memoir of Sergei O"?

5. How does O'Hara feel at the end of "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is O'Hara convinced his generation is going to do in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"? How is this similar to the previous generation?

2. What are O'Hara's emotions in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

3. Describe O'Hara's experience on the train in "A Little Travel Diary."

4. In what style is "Pistachio Tree at Chateau Noir" written?

5. What is the symbolism of the snow and fog in "How to Get There"?

6. Describe the dream O'Hara has in "Kamin's Dance Shop."

7. Describe O'Hara's vision of his New York in "Steps."

8. What does O'Hara think of Georgia in "Memoir of Sergei O"?

9. What does O'Hara write is located behind semblance and order in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"? Where does this true face reside?

10. To whom is "Down at the Canal" addressed?

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