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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. When did "we" awake? (Poem 2-"Drywater")
(a) At dusk.
(b) At midnight.
(c) At noon.
(d) Before dawn.

2. What city did Morrison ask the location of in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Marrakesh.
(b) Mea She'arim.
(c) Ealdwic.
(d) Lion's Gate.

3. What did Morrison ask the "bird of prey"? (From the poem that began the same way)
(a) "When will I come down to earth?"
(b) "When will I stop running?"
(c) "What should I do?"
(d) "Am I going to die?"

4. What did Morrison say was all around him in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Trash and "trash".
(c) Music and voices.
(d) Bodies and animals.

5. How did the "Jamaica" section end?
(a) "Boom Boom."
(b) "Close your eyes."
(c) "Questions....."
(d) "Oh no."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In poem two, of the section "Jamaica", where are the Major's boots?

3. Who raced down the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")

4. What did Morrison call the man who died in the pool in the stanza after the description of the body being found?

5. How did Morrison describe the pictures of the boxing match? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")

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