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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 the overall theme of "Cornkind"?
(a) Fertility.
(b) Love.
(c) Writing.
(d) Family.

2. In "Cambridge," where does O'Hara say writers create their best work?
(a) In a hotel room.
(b) In the cold.
(c) On the street.
(d) In the tropics.

3. Who recently died in ''In a Step Away from Them"?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Pollock.

4. What cultural event does O'Hara attend in "Poem (4)"?
(a) A movie.
(b) An art gallery.
(c) A concert.
(d) A book signing.

5. What does O'Hara say happens when Alma dies?
(a) The doves cry.
(b) The earth shakes.
(c) The spirits dance.
(d) The moon sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Hara use as a metaphor in "Cornkind"?

2. What does O'Hara wonder in "Poem (2)"?

3. To what state does the other person in "St. Paul and All That" want to move?

4. What emotional state is O'Hara in during "On Rachmaninoff's Birthday"?

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

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