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

2. Who do politicians lie to in "How to Get There"?
(a) Leaders.
(b) Children.
(c) Constituents.
(d) Wives.

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

4. What does the poem "Ave Maria" ask mothers to do?
(a) Allow children to go to the movies.
(b) Not to let their daughters date men like their fathers.
(c) Pray for their sins.
(d) Take their children to church.

5. What animal does O'Hara imagine talking in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Swans.
(c) Cats.
(d) Eagles.

6. 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 cold.
(d) It is too hot.

7. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what helps ease the terror?
(a) A lover.
(b) A Chinese calendar.
(c) A charm.
(d) Money.

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

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

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

11. What does the epigram at the start of "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" discuss?
(a) Joy.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Panic.
(d) Loss.

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

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

14. Where does O'Hara find his love in "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) Harbin.
(b) Queens.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Orlando.

15. What emotion is O'Hara feeling at the start of "In Memoir of Sergei O"?
(a) Peace.
(b) Livid.
(c) Joy.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Five Poems," what does O'Hara question about himself?

2. What does O'Hara request at the end of "Down at the Canal"?

3. O'Hara ponders the point of _____________in "Cornkind."

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

5. In "Cornkind," what is the boy's connection to his past?

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