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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Drywater.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) Poetry.
(b) America.
(c) Music.
(d) His lover.

2. What poem did Morrison write in high school?
(a) "A Sense of My Own".
(b) "Horse Latitudes".
(c) "Running with Steel".
(d) "Pride and Love".

3. Who is "Wilderness" dedicated to?
(a) Barbara Morrison.
(b) Pamela Susan.
(c) Teddy Monroe.
(d) Victoria Smithe.

4. Where did "we" rock"? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) On the stage.
(b) In a web.
(c) On a coaster.
(d) In a cavernous void.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "Wilderness" dedication, what is milk compared to?

2. How did Morrison describe the "couplings out in the night", in the fourth poem from the section titled "Jamaica"?

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

4. What kind of terror were "we" in by the hollow bush? (Poem 2- "Drywater")

5. At the end of the second poem in the "Drywater" section, who was described as "winning"?

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