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

2. What, according to the fifteenth poem in the "Village Tapes" section, would happen if "the writer can write & the farmer can sow"?
(a) Everything.
(b) Miracles.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Song can exist.

3. What, in the poem beginning "The Endless quest a vigil", state would be missed?
(a) "All that we have missed".
(b) "Nothing but each other".
(c) "Everything but each other".
(d) "Nothing at all".

4. In the poem "Blessings", where did the ancient wisdom travel from to greet "us"?
(a) The East.
(b) The South.
(c) The North.
(d) The West.

5. What did "we" do to send "our" gift into the vast promise? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")
(a) Scream.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Sing.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strangled the cliffs in the East? (Poem 1- "Village Tapes")

2. Why did Morrison claim the night described in the tenth poem ("Village Tapes") was the "greatest night of my life"?

3. What kind of tires did the people in the poem (Poem 2-"Village Tapes") ride on out of the airport?

4. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")

5. What did the men, described by Morrison, wear in the poem? (Poem 1- "Jamaica")

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