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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Morrison describe the moon in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Jeweled.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Darkening.

3. How did Morrison describe the pool that the man died in?
(a) Blue abyss.
(b) Hot buttered.
(c) Sulfor infested.
(d) Green vanity.

4. Who competed for the man's palms? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Angels.
(b) Serpents.
(c) Demons.
(d) Lovers.

5. What competed with "Silence"? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Everything.
(b) Mankind.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the "Jamaica" section end?

3. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )

4. What did Morrison say that the horned-toads were mavericks of?

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

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