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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does O'Hara call Manhattan in "Rhapsody"?
(a) Man's hat.
(b) Hell.
(c) Man's world.
(d) Manahatta.

2. What place does Alma miss when she moves to Detroit?
(a) Her home.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Central Park.
(d) New York.

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

4. Whose assault does O'Hara discuss in "Personal Poem"?
(a) Malcom X.
(b) Miles Davis.
(c) LeRoi Jones.
(d) James Henry.

5. What happens to Alma at the end of the poem?
(a) She joins the circus.
(b) She becomes a banker.
(c) She becomes a legend.
(d) She has five children.

6. In the poem "Three Airs" what objects are in the space O'Hara describes?
(a) Scary objects.
(b) Fluffy objects.
(c) Absurd objects.
(d) Pretty objects.

7. What month does O'Hara say is approaching in "Poem (4)"?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) May.

8. What type of neurotic does O'Hara describe himself as in "Poem"?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Mainpulative.

9. What is the condition of O'Hara in "In Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul"?
(a) Sick.
(b) Thirsty.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Hung over.

10. What does O'Hara write in "Song," that does not perturb us?
(a) Cleaning toilets.
(b) Reading the news.
(c) War.
(d) Shaking someone's hand.

11. In what season does "Poem" take place?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

12. What emotion does O'Hara express in "Poem (4)"?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) .Happiness.

13. How will warm tea improve O'Hara?
(a) It will allow him to act better.
(b) It will keep him warm.
(c) It will keep him awake.
(d) It will help him sleep.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Alma visit prior to arriving in Detroit?

3. Whom is O'Hara listening to during "On Rachmaninoff's Birthday"?

4. What does O'Hara think about the current century in "Naphtha"?

5. Who does O'Hara consort with in "Hotel Particulier"?

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