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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Village Tapes: Poems Recorded December 7, 1970.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem that began "Cobra sun/Fever smile", at the end, who came?
(a) America.
(b) God.
(c) Death.
(d) Asia.

2. What did Morrison say that he had to leave? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The earth.
(b) The galaxy.
(c) The world.
(d) The island.

3. Who competed for the man's palms? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Lovers.
(b) Angels.
(c) Serpents.
(d) Demons.

4. What was the name of the whore-house in the last poem of the section titled "Jamaica"?
(a) Bevo's Temptation.
(b) Lord John & Lady Anne's.
(c) Miss Templin's.
(d) Dante's Inferno.

5. What did Morrison want to be, as detailed by the poem that began "Fence my scared fire"?
(a) "To live awake and not asleep".
(b) "To live open to the prospects".
(c) "To live life like a god".
(d) "To be simple, black & clean."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ode to LA", where did Morrison want the man found in the pool to do his dive at?

2. Who resided in "meat heaven"? ("Ode to LA")

3. In poem two, of the section "Jamaica", where are the Major's boots?

4. How did Morrison describe the man who died in the pool-in regard to him being a muse?

5. What did Morrison compare the beak of the vulture to? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

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