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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does O'Hara wonder if he should visit in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?
(a) His father.
(b) His agent.
(c) Friends.
(d) Family.

2. In what city does "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" begin?
(a) Moscow.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Georgia.

3. What is the weather condition where O'Hara finds his love in "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) Tornados.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Hot.

4. What do people not care for in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Fine food.
(c) Fine wine.
(d) Other people.

5. Why does O'Hara do nothing in Hackensack in "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) It bores him.
(b) It is too cold.
(c) It is too hot.
(d) The ill-will of the people.

6. What does O'Hara think about humanity in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?
(a) It is failing.
(b) It is evolving.
(c) It is thriving.
(d) It is enlightened.

7. Whom does O'Hara stay with in Boston in the poem "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) His father.
(b) New companions.
(c) His brother.
(d) Old friends.

8. What is the overall theme of "Cornkind"?
(a) Family.
(b) Writing.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Love.

9. At the start of "Mary Desti's Ass," what place does O'Hara describe?
(a) Paris.
(b) Spain.
(c) Bayreuth.
(d) Virginia.

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

11. Who is "St. Paul and All That" about?
(a) His lover.
(b) His wife.
(c) His friend.
(d) His mother.

12. What does O'Hara want people to free themselves from in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?
(a) Hate.
(b) Earthly needs.
(c) Money.
(d) Self.

13. What does O'Hara claim will come to an end at the end of ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Racism.
(c) Joy and pain.
(d) His book.

14. Where is O'Hara in "A Little Travel Diary"?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A train.
(c) A car.
(d) A museum.

15. In "A Little Travel Diary," whom does O'Hara travel with?
(a) Paul.
(b) Gabe.
(c) Mark.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month does "How to Get There" take place?

2. What does O'Hara sign off as in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

3. What does O'Hara take comfort in during the poem "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?

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

5. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what does O'Hara assert is behind order and kindness?

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