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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 poem 4,"Jamaica", what did the principal hold?
(a) His nose.
(b) His eyes shut.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His ears.

2. Where did the people in the poem think they might be? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")
(a) Harlem.
(b) Heaven.
(c) New York.
(d) Hell.

3. What was in the road while the children were at church?
(a) A frog.
(b) An indian.
(c) A casket.
(d) A bird with a broken wing.

4. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) America.
(b) Poetry.
(c) His lover.
(d) Music.

5. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )
(a) Summer.
(b) Dark.
(c) Witnessed.
(d) Chlorine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem that began "I fell on the earth", what seats were the people described as sleek and fat buckled into?

3. What was Morrison describing in the poem under "Victimization"?

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

5. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

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