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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. What is lacking in O'Hara's journey in "Hotel Particulier"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Friends.
(c) Money.
(d) Creativity.

2. What does O'Hara wonder in "Poem (2)"?
(a) If the world is ending.
(b) If he is in love again.
(c) If the city is right for him?
(d) If he is ready to divorce.

3. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what does O'Hara assert is behind order and kindness?
(a) An enraged face.
(b) A woman.
(c) Laws.
(d) A man.

4. According to O'Hara in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," who exists?
(a) Prophets.
(b) Santa.
(c) Angels.
(d) Shamen.

5. Whom does O'Hara stay with in Boston in the poem "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) His brother.
(b) New companions.
(c) Old friends.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meal does O'Hara eat in "Personal Poem"?

2. In "Poem," where does O'Hara wish he lived?

3. What is the weather in "How to Get There"?

4. Whom is O'Hara supposed to have dinner with in "The Day Lady Died"?

5. Where is O'Hara in "In Memoir of Sergei O"?

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