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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Personal Poem, Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul, Rhapsody, Hotel Particulier.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of structure does O'Hara claim the person he thanks played in at the end of "Naphtha"?
(a) Churches.
(b) Buildings.
(c) Libraries.
(d) Bridges.

2. What belies the notion of social mobility according to O'Hara in "Rhapsody"?
(a) The president.
(b) The waiters.
(c) The elevator men.
(d) The maids.

3. What do people not believe at the end of "Alma"?
(a) Alma isn't married.
(b) The winter didn't result in frost.
(c) The war is over.
(d) Alma is dead.

4. What does O'Hara think about the current century in "Naphtha"?
(a) It is ok.
(b) It is terrible.
(c) It is violent.
(d) It is grand.

5. What region of the city does "Hotel Particulier" take place?
(a) Montmarte.
(b) Albaine.
(c) Queens.
(d) Downtown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Hara write in "Song," that does not perturb us?

2. In "Cambridge," where does O'Hara say writers create their best work?

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

4. Where is the place where O'Hara wants to work in "Cambridge" located?

5. Whom does O'Hara compare himself to in "Cambridge"?

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