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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Morrison describe the laughter he had on the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) Quiet and confined.
(b) Soft and mad.
(c) Intense and full of power.
(d) Loud and insane.

3. What was stolen in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A car.
(d) A girlfriend.

4. What is the prisoner, in "Moment of Freedom", compared to in the poem?
(a) A child.
(b) A mole.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bird.

5. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?
(a) An injured rabbit.
(b) A death bird.
(c) A deaf bat.
(d) A blind owl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Morrison's "Ode to LA" dedicated to?

2. How did Morrison describe the man who died in the pool-in regard to him being a muse?

3. What did the person being questioned in "What are you doing here?" want from Morison?

4. In the poem "Ode to LA", who was Morrison chosen to play?

5. What was Morrison's name?

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