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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Mary Desti's Ass," what city does O'Hara warn the reader about?
(a) Paris.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Detroit.
(d) D.C.

2. In "Poem" how does O'Hara convince the man to sleep with him?
(a) He drugs him.
(b) He emotionally devastates him.
(c) He flatters him.
(d) He begs him.

3. What entity does O'Hara long to be in "Three Airs"?
(a) Satan.
(b) An Angel.
(c) A God.
(d) Zeus.

4. In "Naphtha," how does O'Hara describe the structures where his music is played?
(a) Structure of the decade.
(b) Structure of the world.
(c) Structure of the 90s.
(d) Structure of the century.

5. In "Poem," where does O'Hara wish he lived?
(a) A mansion.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A fishing boat.
(d) A wood house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of O'Hara in "In Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul"?

2. Whom does O'Hara thank for the music at the end of "Naphtha"?

3. In "In Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul," what is O'Hara's fear?

4. How does O'Hara want to change in "Poem"?

5. Whom does O'Hara thank in "Naphtha" for making buildings?

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