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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison describe "like a white funereal butterfly barge"? (Poem 5- "Jamaica")
(a) A dress.
(b) A bed.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A sheet on the clothesline.

2. What is the prisoner, in "Moment of Freedom", compared to in the poem?
(a) A lion.
(b) A child.
(c) A mole.
(d) A bird.

3. Who is "Wilderness" dedicated to?
(a) Victoria Smithe.
(b) Pamela Susan.
(c) Barbara Morrison.
(d) Teddy Monroe.

4. Where were "we" drawn down from? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) A consistent high.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The unknown.
(d) A deep sleep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison compare savages to in "Ode to LA"?

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

3. What did Morrison compare "wild promises" to? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")

4. How did Morrison say that he hoped his friend, who died in the pool, "went out"?

5. In the first poem of the book, what is left to wander?

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