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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) His brother.
(d) Old friends.

2. What does O'Hara request at the end of "Down at the Canal"?
(a) A gun.
(b) Food.
(c) A knife.
(d) A drink.

3. What does the epigram at the start of "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" discuss?
(a) Joy.
(b) Loss.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Panic.

4. What does O'Hara use as a metaphor in "Cornkind"?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Corn.
(c) Children.
(d) Fire.

5. What does O'Hara claim is torn in the poem "Pistachio Tree at Chateau Noir"?
(a) His shirt.
(b) His napkin.
(c) His book.
(d) His heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does O'Hara imagine talking in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

2. Who is the epigram at the start of "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" written by?

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

4. What emotion is O'Hara feeling at the start of "In Memoir of Sergei O"?

5. In "St. Paul and All That," O'Hara writes about what disappearing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the poem "Cornkind" about?

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

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

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

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

7. What are some of the lies O'Hara discusses in "How to Get There"? How do the lies affect people?

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

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

10. 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?

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