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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 world.
(b) The galaxy.
(c) The earth.
(d) The island.

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

3. What was the name of the whore-house in the last poem of the section titled "Jamaica"?
(a) Miss Templin's.
(b) Dante's Inferno.
(c) Bevo's Temptation.
(d) Lord John & Lady Anne's.

4. What was behind the nursery door? (Poem 5-"Jamaica")
(a) An old elm tree.
(b) A reef.
(c) An empty swing.
(d) A dog house.

5. What did Morrison say was built up again? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The light.
(b) The world.
(c) His hope.
(d) The dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison say the "bleached sun" was needed for?

2. How did Morrison describe the man who died in the pool-in regard to him being a muse?

3. In the poem that began "Cobra sun/Fever smile", at the end, who came?

4. Where was liquor made to flow from? (Poem 13- "Village Tapes")

5. What were "sodden in silk"? ("Ode to LA")

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