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

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

3. What did Morrison describe the "Church of God" as existing as? (From question: "What is that church like?")
(a) White bandanas and white tambourines.
(b) Worship place for the strong.
(c) House of hidden truths.
(d) Masks of reality.

4. Who did Morrison call back in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Crying child.
(b) Brave warrior.
(c) Missing son.
(d) Static savior.

5. According to "Ode to LA" , who claimed "this benevolent soul"?
(a) The smiling God.
(b) The Demon of Hate.
(c) The angel man.
(d) The oppressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")

2. In the poem "Silence of Night", what is described as being in the "starry night"?

3. From the first poem in the section named "Jamaica", the hour of "what" ended?

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

5. According to Morrison in the first poem in "Jamaica", what did grown men fear?

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