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

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

3. What did Morrison say that the horned-toads were mavericks of?
(a) A feast for flies.
(b) A yellow spot.
(c) A leap into the beyond.
(d) A crusader for Darwin.

4. Who was the "deaf witness on the bank" compared to? (Poem 4-"Drywater")
(a) Morrison.
(b) Morrison's father.
(c) Jesus.
(d) God.

5. What did Morrison say was built up again? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The world.
(b) The light.
(c) The dam.
(d) His hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were described as having an "insane free chummy cackle"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")

2. What did "we" do to send "our" gift into the vast promise? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")

3. Who is Morrison's "Ode to LA" dedicated to?

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

5. Where did Morrison say, in the first poem of the "Drywater" section, say that men assembled at to create armies and find foes to fight?

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