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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 wonder in "Poem (2)"?
(a) If the city is right for him?
(b) If he is in love again.
(c) If he is ready to divorce.
(d) If the world is ending.

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

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

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

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

6. What do the suns look like in the poem "Alma"?
(a) Multi-colored.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Orange.

7. At the end of "Three Airs," from what structures does O'Hara wish to be free?
(a) Buildings.
(b) Churches.
(c) Bridges.
(d) Elevators.

8. Who does O'Hara consort with in "Hotel Particulier"?
(a) His friend.
(b) His wife.
(c) A new partner.
(d) His manager.

9. Where, in "Three Airs," is O'Hara sitting?
(a) A park.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A mall.
(d) A beach.

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

11. 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.

12. How many parts is the poem "Alma"?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

13. What century does O'Hara mention in "Naphtha"?
(a) 18th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 20th.
(d) 25th.

14. Whom does O'Hara thank for the music at the end of "Naphtha"?
(a) Louis Armstrong.
(b) Bowie.
(c) Bing Crosby.
(d) Duke Ellington.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Poem (2)," how many time does O'Hara say he's been in love?

3. What entity does O'Hara long to be in "Three Airs"?

4. Whom does O'Hara go out with in "Poem (4)"?

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

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