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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 overall theme of "Cornkind"?

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

3. In "Mary Desti's Ass," where does O'Hara say he contracted a strange illness?

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

5. What does the epigram at the start of "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson" discuss?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What does O'Hara think of Georgia in "Memoir of Sergei O"?

7. What is the poem "Cornkind" about?

8. What is O'Hara trying to understand in "Pistachio Tree at Chateau Noir"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss O'Hara's relationship with New York city. Choose two poems that convey different emotions about New York. How does O'Hara use words and imagery to convey that relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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