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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the location of the object O'Hara describes in "Rhapsody"?

2. What type of neurotic does O'Hara describe himself as in "Poem"?

3. What kind of house is O'Hara staying at in "2 Poems from the O'Hara Monogatari"?

4. What is the weather like in "Cambridge"?

5. In "In a Step Away from Them," what does O'Hara eat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Song," what does O'Hara discuss as being dirty?

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

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

5. Who does the Buddha compare and contrast in "Image of the Buddha Preaching"?

6. What does O'Hara do with his friends in "Poem (4)"?

7. What does O'Hara assert we are not afraid of touching in "Song"?

8. Whom does O'Hara have lunch with in "Personal Poem," and what do they discuss?

9. What holiday is approaching in "Music," and to what is O'Hara looking forward?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain O'Hara's defense of the city in the poem ''Song." How does O'Hara use art to convey a message about New York?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two poems where O'Hara either mentions or dedicates the poem to a fellow artist. Provide a brief biography of the person. Discuss how O'Hara celebrates that person in his poem.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how O'Hara uses setting in the poem "Alma" and in another poem of your choice. How are his descriptive terms different and similar in each poem?

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