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

2. How many parts are in the poem "Three airs"?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. What is lacking in O'Hara's journey in "Hotel Particulier"?
(a) Money.
(b) Friends.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Freedom.

4. Where does "Image of the Buddha Preaching" take place?
(a) Germany.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) The Bahamas.

5. Whom does Alma miss when she moves to Detroit?
(a) Her dead father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her dead mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the suns look like in the poem "Alma"?

2. Who is the lady in "The Day Lady Died"?

3. At the end of "Three Airs," from what structures does O'Hara wish to be free?

4. Where, in "Three Airs," is O'Hara sitting?

5. What is the location of the object O'Hara describes in "Rhapsody"?

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