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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. Where, in "Three Airs," is O'Hara sitting?
(a) A mall.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A park.
(d) A beach.

2. In "Poem (4)," O'Hara say strangers appear to be ____________.
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Friends.
(d) Hateful.

3. In "Poem," O'Hara wants _____________ to bring him a cup of tea.
(a) A samovar.
(b) A coffee shop waitress.
(c) A friend.
(d) A sommelier.

4. How does O'Hara want to change in "Poem"?
(a) He wishes he was creative.
(b) He wants to become charming.
(c) He wants to be brave.
(d) He wants to be depressed.

5. What belies the notion of social mobility according to O'Hara in "Rhapsody"?
(a) The elevator men.
(b) The maids.
(c) The president.
(d) The waiters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose assault does O'Hara discuss in "Personal Poem"?

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

3. How late, in "Poem (4)," does O'Hara stay up?

4. In "In a Step Away from Them," what does O'Hara eat?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the weather like in "Music"?

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

7. Whose death does O'Hara learn about in "The Day Lady Died," and where does he learn about the death?

8. In "Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul," how does O'Hara think that he needs to exist?

9. What does O'Hara long to be at the end of "Three Airs," and what does he want to do?

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

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