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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Poems 1966-1971.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison compare opening a mind to (in regard to a "moment of inner freedom")?
(a) A gift box.
(b) The sky opening.
(c) A trunk.
(d) A door.

2. According to the "Wilderness" dedication, what is milk compared to?
(a) Wine.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Water.
(d) Life.

3. What did Morrison describe the movement of his hands to in "Can you dig it"?
(a) Lithe demons.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Rolling snakes.
(d) Dying birds.

4. Why did Morrison say that poetry appealed to him?
(a) Because it was similar to music.
(b) Because it spoke in a way lyrics could not.
(c) Becasue it was eternal.
(d) Because it meant he was an artist.

5. Who is "Wilderness" dedicated to?
(a) Victoria Smithe.
(b) Teddy Monroe.
(c) Pamela Susan.
(d) Barbara Morrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Morrison, would it take for songs and poetry to survive?

2. What did the monarch, in "I am a guide to the Labyrinth", sink into?

3. In "Power", what color were the cars that Morrison made go away?

4. What did Morrison believe the self-interview was?

5. Who did Morrison state were his heroes?

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