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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. How did Morrison describe the satyr in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Salty.
(b) Porky.
(c) Livid.
(d) Dark.

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

3. What did the men, described by Morrison, wear in the poem? (Poem 1- "Jamaica")
(a) Robes of gold.
(b) Tunics or short skirts.
(c) Holy jeans.
(d) Nothing.

4. What did Morrison say the "bleached sun" was needed for?
(a) Lunch by the pool.
(b) A day of dying.
(c) TV aftrenoons.
(d) A life forgotten.

5. Where did the savages fall out from in the poem "Ode to LA"?
(a) The clouds.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The falls.
(d) The sky.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the "Jamaica" section end?

4. Who, according to the second poem in the "Village Tapes" section, was hungry for steel?

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

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