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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 does "Five Poems" list?

2. What does the poem "Ave Maria" ask mothers to do?

3. Where is O'Hara in "A Little Travel Diary"?

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

5. In "How to Get There," O'Hara writes that the city is filled with__________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does O'Hara explain love at the end of "St. Paul and All That"?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the message in "Ave Maria"?

10. What is the poem "Cornkind" about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Select two poems and compare and contrast the titles of each poem. How do the titles relate to the content of the poem? Do the titles have a significant meaning on their own?

Essay Topic 3

What is visual poetry? Provide an example of visual poetry in O'Hara's collection. How does visual poetry contribute to the writing style of the poem?

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