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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who resided in "meat heaven"? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Cannibals and Jews.
(b) You and me.
(c) The devil.
(d) Everyone.

2. Who is Morrison's "Ode to LA" dedicated to?
(a) John Densmore.
(b) Robby Krieger.
(c) Ray Manzarek.
(d) Brian Jones.

3. What "stunned the earth" in the second poem of the "Drywater" section?
(a) Record noise.
(b) Frenzied birds.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Voices singing.

4. Where did the satyr in "Ode to LA" leap to?
(a) The pit.
(b) The arms of Morrison.
(c) The loam.
(d) The caverns.

5. What kind of terror were "we" in by the hollow bush? (Poem 2- "Drywater")
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Watchful.
(c) Constant.
(d) Superior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did "we" rock"? (From the poem that started "In that year")

2. What, according to Morrison, would it take for songs and poetry to survive?

3. What did Morrison state he was consumed by? (From the poem that started "In that year")

4. Why did Morrison say that poetry appealed to him?

5. Who was the "deaf witness on the bank" compared to? (Poem 4-"Drywater")

(see the answer key)

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