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

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

3. What did Morrison claim to be able to do in "What are you doing here?"
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) Take away life.
(d) Give life.

4. Where did Morrison and his friends come from in "he enters stage"?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Far Arden.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

5. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?
(a) A generation.
(b) A fire.
(c) A war.
(d) A holocaust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Morrison state were his heroes?

2. What did Morrison describe the movement of his hands to in "Can you dig it"?

3. What is the prisoner, in "Moment of Freedom", compared to in the poem?

4. What did Morrison throw away that he kept through high school and college?

5. What did Morrison say an interview was similar to?

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