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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does everyone act in O'Hara's vision of New York in "Steps"?
(a) Angry.
(b) Stoic.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Full of life.
2. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what is O'Hara's generation going to do?
(a) Survive.
(b) Destroy.
(c) Build.
(d) Love.
3. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what helps ease the terror?
(a) A lover.
(b) Money.
(c) A Chinese calendar.
(d) A charm.
4. Who is the epigram at the start of "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" written by?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Mays.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Port.
5. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what is O'Hara able to ignore?
(a) His lover.
(b) His pain.
(c) The news.
(d) The noise of the city.
6. Where does O'Hara want to spend the day in "Steps"?
(a) At the zoo.
(b) At the park.
(c) In bed.
(d) At the bar.
7. What does the epigram at the start of "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" discuss?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Loss.
(c) Joy.
(d) Panic.
8. What is the language of "Pistachio Tree at Chateau Noir"?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Alien.
9. In "Five Poems," what does O'Hara question about himself?
(a) Whether he is kind.
(b) Whether he is truthful.
(c) Whether he is in love.
(d) Whether he is deluded.
10. What do people not care for in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?
(a) Other people.
(b) Fine wine.
(c) Fine food.
(d) Their parents.
11. What does O'Hara use as a metaphor in "Cornkind"?
(a) Corn.
(b) Children.
(c) Fire.
(d) Popcorn.
12. In "St. Paul and All That," O'Hara writes about what disappearing?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Friends.
(d) War.
13. In "At Kamin's Dance Shop," who is Fanny?
(a) A receptionist.
(b) A tap dancer.
(c) A ballerina.
(d) A doctor.
14. In "Poem en Forme de Saw," where does O'Hara hide?
(a) Behind a mill.
(b) In his room.
(c) Behind a dumpster.
(d) In a treehouse.
15. What does O'Hara sign off as in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?
(a) God.
(b) Frank.
(c) The master.
(d) The saw.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what does O'Hara assert is behind order and kindness?
2. Where does O'Hara dread going in "In Memoir of Sergei O"?
3. What is the overall theme of "Cornkind"?
4. What is O'Hara's emotional state in "At Kamin's Dance Shop"?
5. What does O'Hara think of Paris in "A Little Travel Diary"?
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