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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does O'Hara think of Paris in "A Little Travel Diary"?
(a) It is pretty.
(b) It is friendly.
(c) It is ugly.
(d) It is gaudy.

4. What do Woman lie about in "How to Get There"?
(a) Phone Numbers.
(b) Address.
(c) Age.
(d) Weight.

5. Where is O'Hara in "In Memoir of Sergei O"?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Athens.
(c) Rome.
(d) Moscow.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. How does O'Hara feel when he is with the other person in "St. Paul and All That"?
(a) Safe.
(b) Scared.
(c) Angry.
(d) Moody.

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

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

14. To whom is "Steps" addressed?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His brother.
(c) New York.
(d) His lover.

15. What action does O'Hara describe at the start of "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) Reading.
(b) Kissing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does O'Hara imagine talking in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

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

3. What does "Five Poems" list?

4. What does O'Hara think about humanity in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?

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

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