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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 claim is torn in the poem "Pistachio Tree at Chateau Noir"?
(a) His shirt.
(b) His napkin.
(c) His book.
(d) His heart.

2. What does O'Hara use as a metaphor in "Cornkind"?
(a) Corn.
(b) Fire.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Children.

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

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

5. What does "Five Poems" list?
(a) Loves of O'Hara's life.
(b) Small city pleasures.
(c) The best foods.
(d) O'hara's wishes.

6. What month does "How to Get There" take place?
(a) October.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) March.

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

8. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what does O'Hara assert is behind order and kindness?
(a) A woman.
(b) Laws.
(c) A man.
(d) An enraged face.

9. What does O'Hara request at the end of "Down at the Canal"?
(a) A knife.
(b) Food.
(c) A gun.
(d) A drink.

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

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

12. In "Steps," what do women wear in O'Hara's vision of New York?
(a) Tight clothes.
(b) Hats.
(c) Cloaks.
(d) Aprons.

13. What does O'Hara assert is the true face of the city in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?
(a) Joy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Rage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does O'Hara stay with in Boston in the poem "Mary Desti's Ass"?

2. In what shape is "Poem en Forme de Saw" written?

3. To whom is "Steps" addressed?

4. According to O'Hara in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," who exists?

5. To what state does the other person in "St. Paul and All That" want to move?

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