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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 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) Colorful clown.
(d) Lucky stiff.

2. What were the "great beasts" suffering from in the eleventh poem from the "Village Tapes" section?
(a) Reality.
(b) Love.
(c) Mankind.
(d) Extinction.

3. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) America.
(b) His lover.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Music.

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

5. What did Morrison say that the man, who died in the pool, never saw?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) His true love.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Blessings", where did the ancient wisdom travel from to greet "us"?

2. What did Morrison wonder about the drowned man when he was carried up to heaven?

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

4. In "he enters stage", who was Morrison looking for?

5. In the poem that started "In that year", what did Morrison claim to be stroked with?

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