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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does O'Hara wonder in "Poem (2)"?
(a) If the world is ending.
(b) If he is in love again.
(c) If the city is right for him?
(d) If he is ready to divorce.

2. In "Personal Poem" with whom does O'Hara eat?
(a) Malcom X.
(b) Warhol.
(c) LeRoi Jones.
(d) James Spader.

3. What type of neurotic does O'Hara describe himself as in "Poem"?
(a) Handsome.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Mainpulative.
(d) Friendly.

4. Who visits O'Hara in New York in "Poem (4)"?
(a) Angel.
(b) Kruschev.
(c) Lennin.
(d) Warhol.

5. What does O'Hara compare the city to in "In a Step Away from Them"?
(a) A circus.
(b) A jungle.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A symphony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Hara write in "Song," that does not perturb us?

2. What century does O'Hara mention in "Naphtha"?

3. In what part of New York does O'Hara write he feels the best in his poem, "Rhapsody"?

4. How will warm tea improve O'Hara?

5. Where is the place where O'Hara wants to work in "Cambridge" located?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Song," what does O'Hara discuss as being dirty?

2. What does O'Hara do with his friends in "Poem (4)"?

3. Where is O'Hara in "2 Poems from the O'Hara Monogatari," and what does he do there?

4. When does O'Hara walk the streets of New York in "A Step Away From Them," and what does he see?

5. List two things O'Hara describes in "On the Way to San Remo" and how he describes them.

6. What artists does O'Hara discuss in "Naphtha and What Did They Create"?

7. What does O'Hara refer to Manhattan as in "Rhapsody" and why?

8. What does "On the Way to San Remo" describe?

9. What is the significance of the building in "Rhapsody"?

10. Whom does O'Hara have lunch with in "Personal Poem," and what do they discuss?

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