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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. According to the first poem in the "Village Tapes" section, who lied?
(a) No one.
(b) All the world.
(c) The birds.
(d) The trees.

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

3. What did Morrison question about the body in the pool?
(a) The objectivity of which it was pulled from the pool.
(b) The pale green stuff it was made of.
(c) The bloated whiteness.
(d) The smile frozen on the face.

4. In the poem that began "Cobra sun/Fever smile", at the end, who came?
(a) God.
(b) Asia.
(c) America.
(d) Death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the fifth poem, from the section "Village Tapes", what was claimed to be real?

3. In the three-line poem, poem eighteen "Village Tapes", what did the people describe a race toward?

4. What did the men, described by Morrison, wear in the poem? (Poem 1- "Jamaica")

5. What did Morrison say was built up again? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")

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