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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 month does "How to Get There" take place?

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

3. What action does O'Hara describe at the start of "Mary Desti's Ass"?

4. How does O'Hara feel at the end of "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

5. What did Fanny want to do with O'Hara in "At Kamin's Dance Shop"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is O'Hara convinced his generation is going to do in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"? How is this similar to the previous generation?

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

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

8. Describe O'Hara's vision of his New York in "Steps."

9. To whom is "Down at the Canal" addressed?

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

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

What is a prophecy, and how does O'Hara use prophecies in his poetry?

Essay Topic 3

How does O'Hara convey emotion in his poetry? Choose two poems that express two different emotions. Compare and contrast the words and imagery that convey the emotion of the poem.

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