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

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

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

4. In "Poem (4)," O'Hara say strangers appear to be ____________.
(a) Enemies.
(b) Friends.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Ghosts.

5. Where is O'Hara walking at the start of "Poem"?
(a) In Central Park.
(b) To a bar.
(c) To his apartment.
(d) To school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits O'Hara in New York in "Poem (4)"?

2. What month does O'Hara say is approaching in "Poem (4)"?

3. What type of structure does O'Hara claim the person he thanks played in at the end of "Naphtha"?

4. What does O'Hara write is over the water in "Three Airs"?

5. What cultural event does O'Hara attend in "Poem (4)"?

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