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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what is O'Hara's generation going to do?
(a) Destroy.
(b) Love.
(c) Survive.
(d) Build.

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

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

6. In "Cornkind," what is the boy's connection to his past?
(a) A diary.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) A photo.

7. To whom is "Down at the Canal" addressed?
(a) A priest.
(b) A homeless man.
(c) His lover.
(d) An optimist.

8. In "Mary Desti's Ass," where has O'Hara never has a bad time?
(a) Baltimore or San Francisco.
(b) New York City or Washington DC.
(c) Maryland or Detroit.
(d) Detriot or Chicago.

9. What is the language of "Pistachio Tree at Chateau Noir"?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Alien.
(d) Spanish.

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

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

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

13. How many parts does "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" contain?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

14. Where does O'Hara dread going in "In Memoir of Sergei O"?
(a) Italy.
(b) Paris.
(c) The United States.
(d) Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What spreads through the alleyways in "How to Get There"?

2. What does O'Hara use as a metaphor in "Cornkind"?

3. What does O'Hara assert is the true face of the city in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?

4. In ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," to what is America compared?

5. What does O'Hara write will come to an end in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?

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