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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Far Arden.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Morrison describe the young child's mind? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")
(a) Torn between two consciousnesses.
(b) Fragile egg-shell mind.
(c) Fluttering between light and dark.
(d) Broken, paper-thin mind.

2. 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.

3. What did Morrison call the man who died in the pool in the stanza after the description of the body being found?
(a) Water-logged liver.
(b) Lucky stiff.
(c) Colorful clown.
(d) Morbid man.

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

5. How did Morrison describe the pool that the man died in?
(a) Hot buttered.
(b) Blue abyss.
(c) Green vanity.
(d) Sulfor infested.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Morrison state were his heroes?

2. What grade, in school, did Morrison write his first poem?

3. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?

4. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )

5. In the poem that started "In that year", what did Morrison claim to be stroked with?

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