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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 is the weather condition where O'Hara finds his love in "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Hot.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Tornados.

2. To whom is "Down at the Canal" addressed?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) His lover.
(c) An optimist.
(d) A priest.

3. In "Steps," what do women wear in O'Hara's vision of New York?
(a) Cloaks.
(b) Tight clothes.
(c) Aprons.
(d) Hats.

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

5. What does the poem "Ave Maria" ask mothers to do?
(a) Take their children to church.
(b) Pray for their sins.
(c) Not to let their daughters date men like their fathers.
(d) Allow children to go to the movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In Memoir of Sergei O," why does O'Hara dread going to a certain location?

2. What month does "How to Get There" take place?

3. What did Fanny want to do with O'Hara in "At Kamin's Dance Shop"?

4. In what city does "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" begin?

5. At the start of "Mary Desti's Ass," what place does O'Hara describe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For whom is "Steps" written? Why does O'Hara want to spend his time with this person?

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

4. What is O'Hara convinced his generation is going to do in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"? How is this similar to the previous generation?

5. Who writes the epigram of "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"? What does it say?

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

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

8. What is the symbolism of the snow and fog in "How to Get There"?

9. Describe two of the cities that O'Hara mentions in "Mary Desti's Ass."

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

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