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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What competed with "Silence"? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Mankind.
(b) Everything.
(c) Woman.
(d) Nothing.

2. In "Power", what color were the cars that Morrison made go away?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

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

4. What did Morrison compare "wild promises" to? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Waterfalls.
(c) Birds.
(d) Stars.

5. In "Ode to LA", where did Morrison want the man found in the pool to do his dive at?
(a) At another time.
(b) In another pool.
(c) On another channel.
(d) At an oceanfront.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Morrison when he described the night as a "moonshine night"? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

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

3. How did Morrison describe himself in the woods? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

4. How did Morrison describe the night in the poem that started "In that year"?

5. Who led Morrison to the lake in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?

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