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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. Whom does Alma miss when she moves to Detroit?
(a) Her dead mother.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her dead father.

2. In "Rhapsody," what creates a false sense of upward mobility?
(a) The flag.
(b) Rockets.
(c) The many floors.
(d) The number of steps.

3. What emotional state is O'Hara in during "On Rachmaninoff's Birthday"?
(a) Giddy.
(b) In love.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Half-mad.

4. What entity does O'Hara long to be in "Three Airs"?
(a) A God.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Satan.
(d) An Angel.

5. What bird does O'Hara describe in "Three Airs"?
(a) An owl.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A canary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would O'Hara describe himself in "Poem"?

2. What is the location of the object O'Hara describes in "Rhapsody"?

3. Who does O'Hara consort with in "Hotel Particulier"?

4. Where does O'Hara wonder if he should work at in "Cambridge"?

5. What type of neurotic does O'Hara describe himself as in "Poem"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does O'Hara do when he learns about the woman's death in "The Day Lady Died"?

4. What does "Poem (2)" discuss?

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

6. Where does O'Hara travel from to see Alma? Where does he go to see her?

7. What is the poem "Alma" about, and how does he describe her?

8. What causes O'Hara to feel mad in "On Rachmaninoff's Birthday"?

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

10. Who does O'Hara compare himself to in "Cambridge" and why?

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