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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. In the title poem, what is the wilderness compared to?
(a) A cave.
(b) A grand highway.
(c) A forest.
(d) A stadium.

2. 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?
(a) Around the fire.
(b) The pier at the beach.
(c) The pool hall.
(d) The men's room.

3. From the poem "The Fear", what did rabbits possess?
(a) Black tails.
(b) White wings.
(c) Yellow bellies.
(d) Red eyes.

4. How did Morrison describe the "couplings out in the night", in the fourth poem from the section titled "Jamaica"?
(a) Coherent.
(b) Bewildered.
(c) Doubting.
(d) Insane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Morrison describe himself in the woods? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

2. Where was liquor made to flow from? (Poem 13- "Village Tapes")

3. What competed with "Silence"? ("Ode to LA")

4. What did the men, described by Morrison, wear in the poem? (Poem 1- "Jamaica")

5. Where did "we" rock"? (From the poem that started "In that year")

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