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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Village Tapes: Poems Recorded December 7, 1970.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Morrison describe himself in the woods? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")
(a) Mad.
(b) Dehydrated.
(c) Insane.
(d) Glorious.

2. At the end of the second poem in the "Drywater" section, who was described as "winning"?
(a) The good guys.
(b) The bad guys.
(c) The children.
(d) The teachers.

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

4. From the first poem in the section named "Jamaica", the hour of "what" ended?
(a) The flower.
(b) The dog.
(c) The wolf.
(d) The lion.

5. What did Morrison claim to be able to do in "What are you doing here?"
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) Take away life.
(d) Give life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the "Jamaica" section end?

3. In the poem "Ode to LA", who was Morrison chosen to play?

4. What did Morrison say that the man, who died in the pool, never saw?

5. In the poem that began "I fell on the earth", what seats were the people described as sleek and fat buckled into?

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