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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Jamaica.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")
(a) The death of the man.
(b) The pool liner.
(c) The goddess.
(d) The story.

2. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?
(a) When they were able to speak.
(b) When their mother quit breast-feeding.
(c) A first trip away from home.
(d) The first time a child crossed the street alone.

3. How did Morrison say that he hoped his friend, who died in the pool, "went out"?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Smiling.

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

5. In "Ode to LA", where did Morrison want the man found in the pool to do his dive at?
(a) On another channel.
(b) At another time.
(c) In another pool.
(d) At an oceanfront.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the first poem in "Jamaica", who drove through the suburbs?

3. According to the Prologue, what was the purpose of real poetry?

4. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?

5. Why did Morrison say that poetry appealed to him?

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