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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what is O'Hara's generation going to do?
(a) Destroy.
(b) Love.
(c) Survive.
(d) Build.

2. To whom is "Down at the Canal" addressed?
(a) His lover.
(b) An optimist.
(c) A priest.
(d) A homeless man.

3. What is the location of "In Memoir of Sergei O" devoid of according to O'Hara?
(a) Money.
(b) Trees.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Food.

4. What is the weather in "How to Get There"?
(a) Hot.
(b) Windy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Snowy.

5. In "How to Get There," O'Hara writes that the city is filled with__________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Friends.
(c) Lies.
(d) Love.

6. What did Fanny want to do with O'Hara in "At Kamin's Dance Shop"?
(a) Make love to him.
(b) Dance with him.
(c) Walk with him.
(d) Eat with him.

7. How does everyone act in O'Hara's vision of New York in "Steps"?
(a) Angry.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Stoic.
(d) Full of life.

8. In "In Memoir of Sergei O," why does O'Hara dread going to a certain location?
(a) His ex lives there.
(b) He loves his current location.
(c) He knows nothing has changed.
(d) He hates to travel.

9. What does O'Hara write will come to an end in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?
(a) Racism.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Banking.
(d) The world.

10. In "Mary Desti's Ass," where does O'Hara say he contracted a strange illness?
(a) Singapore.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Thailand.

11. In "Poem en Forme de Saw," where does O'Hara hide?
(a) In his room.
(b) In a treehouse.
(c) Behind a mill.
(d) Behind a dumpster.

12. What does O'Hara take comfort in during the poem "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?
(a) Food.
(b) Lovers.
(c) His bed.
(d) Asian things.

13. How does O'Hara feel at the end of "Poem en Forme de Saw"?
(a) Angry.
(b) Empty.
(c) Happy.
(d) Silly.

14. In ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what no longer interests us?
(a) Money.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Rock n' Roll.
(d) Sex.

15. In "Five Poems," what does O'Hara question about himself?
(a) Whether he is truthful.
(b) Whether he is in love.
(c) Whether he is deluded.
(d) Whether he is kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "At Kamin's Dance Shop," who is Fanny?

2. What does the poem "Ave Maria" ask mothers to do?

3. Where is O'Hara in "A Little Travel Diary"?

4. In "St. Paul and All That," O'Hara writes about what disappearing?

5. Where does O'Hara find his love in "Mary Desti's Ass"?

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