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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 the man who died in the pool-in regard to him being a muse?
(a) A waxy sullen muse.
(b) A bloated risen muse.
(c) A damask musky muse.
(d) A silken shod muse.

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

3. Who is Morrison's "Ode to LA" dedicated to?
(a) Robby Krieger.
(b) John Densmore.
(c) Brian Jones.
(d) Ray Manzarek.

4. Where was Morrison when he described the night as a "moonshine night"? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")
(a) Mt. Harmony.
(b) Mt. Music.
(c) Mt. Village.
(d) Mt. Addiction.

5. In the fifth poem, from the section "Village Tapes", what was claimed to be real?
(a) "The questions of children".
(b) "The Wisdom of pride".
(c) "The Politics of ecstasy".
(d) "The Hope for the hopeless".

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison state he was consumed by? (From the poem that started "In that year")

2. What did Morrison name as coinciding with a time of plenty? (Poem 4- "Drywater")

3. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")

4. What did Morrison compare savages to in "Ode to LA"?

5. What passed at the end of the poem "Tape Noon"?

(see the answer key)

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