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

2. How would O'Hara describe himself in "Poem"?
(a) Vicious.
(b) Sappy.
(c) Kind.
(d) Happy.

3. What does O'Hara write in "Song," that does not perturb us?
(a) Shaking someone's hand.
(b) War.
(c) Reading the news.
(d) Cleaning toilets.

4. What does the Buddha want to end in "Image of the Buddha Preaching"?
(a) Ideological violence.
(b) Slaughtering of animals.
(c) Free press.
(d) War.

5. Whom does O'Hara thank in "Naphtha" for making buildings?
(a) Contractors.
(b) The Mohawks.
(c) The Iroquois.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does "Image of the Buddha Preaching" take place?

2. Whom does O'Hara go out with in "Poem (4)"?

3. What happens to Alma at the end of the poem?

4. At the start of "Poem (4)," with whom does O'Hara chat?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What holiday is approaching in "Music," and to what is O'Hara looking forward?

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

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

5. Why does O'Hara think the day is great in "Poem (4)"?

6. What is O'Hara's opinion of his trip to Paris in "Hotel Particulier"?

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

8. What does O'Hara assert we are not afraid of touching in "Song"?

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

10. What effect does tea have on O'Hara in "Poem"?

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