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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 ask the "bird of prey"? (From the poem that began the same way)
(a) "Am I going to die?"
(b) "When will I come down to earth?"
(c) "When will I stop running?"
(d) "What should I do?"

2. What, according to Morrison, would it take for songs and poetry to survive?
(a) Sound.
(b) Love.
(c) Human beings.
(d) Memories.

3. Why did Morrison say that poetry appealed to him?
(a) Becasue it was eternal.
(b) Because it spoke in a way lyrics could not.
(c) Because it was similar to music.
(d) Because it meant he was an artist.

4. How did Morrison describe the laughter he had on the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) Quiet and confined.
(b) Intense and full of power.
(c) Loud and insane.
(d) Soft and mad.

5. What did Morrison say was all around him in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) Music and voices.
(b) Black and white.
(c) Bodies and animals.
(d) Trash and "trash".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "Wilderness" dedicated to?

2. How did Morrison describe the satyr in "Ode to LA"?

3. What is the prisoner, in "Moment of Freedom", compared to in the poem?

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

5. What did the person being questioned in "What are you doing here?" want from Morison?

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