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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "stunned the earth" in the second poem of the "Drywater" section?
(a) Frenzied birds.
(b) Record noise.
(c) Voices singing.
(d) Thunder.

2. What did Morrison compare "wild promises" to? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) Stars.
(b) Birds.
(c) Waterfalls.
(d) Wild dogs.

3. What did Morrison throw away that he kept through high school and college?
(a) Diaries.
(b) Notebooks.
(c) Journals.
(d) Song books.

4. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?
(a) A holocaust.
(b) A generation.
(c) A fire.
(d) A war.

5. What did Morrison wonder about the drowned man when he was carried up to heaven?
(a) Would he make the trip?
(b) Would he stink?
(c) Would he come back as a fish?
(d) Would he fall back to earth?

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Morrison and his friends come from in "he enters stage"?

2. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?

3. What passed at the end of the poem "Tape Noon"?

4. Who did Morrison say was drinking from the swimming pool? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

5. What was left "shaken in the gloom"? (Poem 3-"Drywater)

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