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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 spreads through the alleyways in "How to Get There"?
(a) Water.
(b) Rats.
(c) Blood.
(d) Fog.

2. In "Poem en Forme de Saw," where does O'Hara hide?
(a) Behind a dumpster.
(b) Behind a mill.
(c) In his room.
(d) In a treehouse.

3. To whom is "Steps" addressed?
(a) His brother.
(b) His lover.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) New York.

4. What do people not care for in ''For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson''?
(a) Fine wine.
(b) Other people.
(c) Fine food.
(d) Their parents.

5. What animal does O'Hara imagine talking in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?
(a) Swans.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does O'Hara feel when he is with the other person in "St. Paul and All That"?

2. In "Five Poems," what does O'Hara question about himself?

3. What does O'Hara sign off as in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

4. What is the location of "In Memoir of Sergei O" devoid of according to O'Hara?

5. Where is O'Hara in "In Memoir of Sergei O"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does O'Hara write is located behind semblance and order in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"? Where does this true face reside?

2. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," why does O'Hara compare and contrast America to Old Europe?

3. What does O'Hara request at the end of "Down at the Canal"?

4. What is the poem "Cornkind" about?

5. Describe O'Hara's vision of his New York in "Steps."

6. Why does O'Hara think the world is coming to an end in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?

7. What is the poem "St. Paul and All That" about?

8. Describe the dream O'Hara has in "Kamin's Dance Shop."

9. How does O'Hara explain love at the end of "St. Paul and All That"?

10. What does O'Hara think of Georgia in "Memoir of Sergei O"?

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