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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 name the boxing match at the end of the poem? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")
(a) "A Fight of Fear".
(b) "A Consistant Battle".
(c) "A Blip in Life".
(d) "A Negro Dance".

2. What competed with "Silence"? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Mankind.
(b) Woman.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

3. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")
(a) The pool liner.
(b) The story.
(c) The death of the man.
(d) The goddess.

4. What were the "great beasts" suffering from in the eleventh poem from the "Village Tapes" section?
(a) Extinction.
(b) Mankind.
(c) Reality.
(d) Love.

5. What kind of prayer did the poem call for to hope for a "strong plane landing"? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")
(a) Quiet.
(b) American.
(c) Boisterous.
(d) Consistent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who competed for the man's palms? ("Ode to LA")

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

4. How did Morrison describe the pool that the man died in?

5. According to the first poem in "Jamaica", who drove through the suburbs?

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