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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode to LA While Thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison hope that "you" went out doing? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Screaming like an owl.
(b) Yelling like the insane.
(c) Smiling like a child.
(d) Roaring like a lion.

2. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?
(a) A fire.
(b) A war.
(c) A generation.
(d) A holocaust.

3. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")
(a) An iron candle.
(b) A slip of foam.
(c) A shadow of surrender.
(d) A plank of dreams.

4. What did Morrison call the man who died in the pool in the stanza after the description of the body being found?
(a) Water-logged liver.
(b) Morbid man.
(c) Lucky stiff.
(d) Colorful clown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison claim to be able to do in "What are you doing here?"

2. What did Morrison say the "bleached sun" was needed for?

3. According to the "Wilderness" dedication, what is milk compared to?

4. Where did the satyr in "Ode to LA" leap to?

5. What city did Morrison ask the location of in "Ode to LA"?

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