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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison say that the man, who died in the pool, never saw?
(a) His true love.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) The Devil.
(d) God.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?

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

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

5. What were "sodden in silk"? ("Ode to LA")

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