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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Image of the Buddha Preaching, Song, The Day Lady Died, Poem (3), Poem (4), Naphtha.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like in "Cambridge"?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) Rainy.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) Sunny.

2. What do people believe about the city in "Song"?
(a) It is dirty.
(b) It is friendly.
(c) It is clean.
(d) It is violent.

3. What location does O'Hara wish to be free from at the end of "Three Airs"?
(a) The local bar.
(b) The city.
(c) The country.
(d) The grave.

4. What does the Buddha want to end in "Image of the Buddha Preaching"?
(a) Free press.
(b) Slaughtering of animals.
(c) Ideological violence.
(d) War.

5. Whom is O'Hara listening to during "On Rachmaninoff's Birthday"?
(a) A polka band.
(b) The master.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does "Poem" take place?

2. In "Poem (4)," what is the weather like?

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

4. What century does O'Hara mention in "Naphtha"?

5. What does O'Hara drink in "2 Poems from the O'Hara Monogatari"?

(see the answer key)

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