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

2. Who competed for the man's palms? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Lovers.
(b) Serpents.
(c) Demons.
(d) Angels.

3. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )
(a) Dark.
(b) Chlorine.
(c) Summer.
(d) Witnessed.

4. 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) Soft and mad.
(b) Quiet and confined.
(c) Intense and full of power.
(d) Loud and insane.

5. How did Morrison describe the night in the poem that started "In that year"?
(a) Void of stars.
(b) Moonlit.
(c) An infinite number of stars lighting the land.
(d) Radio dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")

2. How did Morrison describe the young child's mind? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")

3. What was the first poem that Morrison wrote?

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

5. What did Morrison say that the man, who died in the pool, never saw?

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