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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 "he enters stage", who was Morrison looking for?
(a) His dead friend.
(b) His sister.
(c) His manager.
(d) His lover.

2. How did Morrison describe the moon in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Darkening.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Jeweled.

3. In the fifth poem, from the section "Village Tapes", what was claimed to be real?
(a) "The questions of children".
(b) "The Politics of ecstasy".
(c) "The Wisdom of pride".
(d) "The Hope for the hopeless".

4. What did Morrison state he was consumed by? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) Aggression.
(b) Hope.
(c) Pride.
(d) Static.

5. What did the woman, in the third poem in the section titled "Drywater", take with her when she left?
(a) Silver coins.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) Rubies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were "we" drawn down from? (From the poem that started "In that year")

2. From the poem that began "Why does my mind circle around you", what did Morrison say wondered what it was like to be "you"?

3. What did Morrison name the boxing match at the end of the poem? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")

4. What did Morrison call the man who died in the pool in the stanza after the description of the body being found?

5. From the poem "The Fear", what did rabbits possess?

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