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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 O'Hara stay with in Boston in the poem "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) His father.
(b) New companions.
(c) Old friends.
(d) His brother.

2. What month does "How to Get There" take place?
(a) March.
(b) October.
(c) May.
(d) July.

3. Where does O'Hara find his love in "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Queens.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Harbin.

4. In "In Memoir of Sergei O," why does O'Hara dread going to a certain location?
(a) He hates to travel.
(b) He loves his current location.
(c) His ex lives there.
(d) He knows nothing has changed.

5. In what city does "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" begin?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does O'Hara dread going in "In Memoir of Sergei O"?

2. How does everyone act in O'Hara's vision of New York in "Steps"?

3. In "Cornkind," what is the boy's connection to his past?

4. What is the weather condition where O'Hara finds his love in "Mary Desti's Ass"?

5. Where does O'Hara argue students should learn about sex in "Ave Maria"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what style is "Pistachio Tree at Chateau Noir" written?

3. 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?

4. Describe O'Hara's experience on the train in "A Little Travel Diary."

5. To whom is "Down at the Canal" addressed?

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

7. What are O'Hara's emotions in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

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

9. What is the poem "Cornkind" about?

10. In the poem "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," where does O'Hara take comfort?

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