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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 entity does O'Hara long to be in "Three Airs"?

2. Where does O'Hara wonder if he should work at in "Cambridge"?

3. What emotion does O'Hara express in "Poem (4)"?

4. What do the suns look like in the poem "Alma"?

5. In what city does "Hotel Particulier" take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does O'Hara travel from to see Alma? Where does he go to see her?

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

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

4. Why does O'Hara think the day is great in "Poem (4)"?

5. Whose death does O'Hara think about in "A Step Away From Them," and what does he think about them?

6. Describe part four of "Alma."

7. What causes O'Hara to feel mad in "On Rachmaninoff's Birthday"?

8. What does O'Hara refer to Manhattan as in "Rhapsody" and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss O'Hara's relationship with Sally in "Galanta." What is the significance of O'Hara comparing Sally to America?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of tea in "Poem (1)"? What is O'Hara's reaction to tea, and is the tea symbolic for something else?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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