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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 the monarch, in "I am a guide to the Labyrinth", sink into?
(a) The abyss.
(b) Water.
(c) Waste.
(d) Death.

2. Who did Morrison state was scattered on the highway bleeding? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")
(a) Dogs.
(b) Children.
(c) Indians.
(d) Birds.

3. What was Morrison's name?
(a) Douglas Jimmy Morrison.
(b) James Douglas Morrison.
(c) Jimmy Lucas Morrison.
(d) Jim Allen Morrison.

4. What did the ancient ones stand beside? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) A lightning-struck tree.
(b) A crying moon.
(c) A circle of directions.
(d) An ancient lake.

5. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")
(a) A plank of dreams.
(b) A slip of foam.
(c) A shadow of surrender.
(d) An iron candle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem did Morrison write in high school?

2. What competed with "Silence"? ("Ode to LA")

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

4. What city did Morrison ask the location of in "Ode to LA"?

5. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?

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