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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 Alma's profession?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Painter.
(d) Banker.

2. How will warm tea improve O'Hara?
(a) It will help him sleep.
(b) It will allow him to act better.
(c) It will keep him awake.
(d) It will keep him warm.

3. What meal does O'Hara eat in "Personal Poem"?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Brunch.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Dinner.

4. What does "Five Poems" list?
(a) The best foods.
(b) O'hara's wishes.
(c) Small city pleasures.
(d) Loves of O'Hara's life.

5. Where does O'Hara argue students should learn about sex in "Ave Maria"?
(a) Movie theaters.
(b) Church.
(c) School.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the condition of O'Hara's location in "On Rachmaninoff's Birthday"?

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

3. In "Cornkind," what is the boy's connection to his past?

4. What does O'Hara want people to free themselves from in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?

5. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what is O'Hara's generation going to do?

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