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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode to LA While Thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison believe the self-interview was?
(a) The essence of creativity.
(b) The truth hidden behind the eyes.
(c) The humility one never shows.
(d) The honesty blinded by delusions of grandeur.

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

3. What did Morrison say that the horned-toads were mavericks of?
(a) A yellow spot.
(b) A feast for flies.
(c) A leap into the beyond.
(d) A crusader for Darwin.

4. What poem did Morrison write in high school?
(a) "Pride and Love".
(b) "A Sense of My Own".
(c) "Running with Steel".
(d) "Horse Latitudes".

5. What did Morrison question about the body in the pool?
(a) The pale green stuff it was made of.
(b) The objectivity of which it was pulled from the pool.
(c) The bloated whiteness.
(d) The smile frozen on the face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the smell of burning leaves become for children in the future? ("A man rakes leaves into a pile")

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

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

4. What did Morrison say the body would be carried up through to heaven?("Ode to LA")

5. Why did Morrison say that poetry appealed to him?

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