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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 call Manhattan in "Rhapsody"?
(a) Hell.
(b) Man's world.
(c) Manahatta.
(d) Man's hat.

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

3. Whom is O'Hara supposed to have dinner with in "The Day Lady Died"?
(a) His wife.
(b) His agent.
(c) Anonymous benefactors.
(d) The president.

4. What type of people are on the bus in "On the Way to San Remo"?
(a) Angry people.
(b) Fat people.
(c) Thin people.
(d) Rich people.

5. Whose assault does O'Hara discuss in "Personal Poem"?
(a) Miles Davis.
(b) James Henry.
(c) Malcom X.
(d) LeRoi Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the condition of O'Hara's location in "On Rachmaninoff's Birthday"?

2. In "Rhapsody," O'Hara stands on top of __________.

3. In "Cambridge," where does O'Hara say writers create their best work?

4. How many parts is the poem "Alma"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Whose death does O'Hara think about in "A Step Away From Them," and what does he think about them?

6. Describe part four of "Alma."

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

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

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

10. What fears does O'Hara have in "Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul"?

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