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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Morrison describing when he wrote "is a silver sluice bait"? (Poem 1- "Drywater")
(a) A fishing line.
(b) A hangman's noose.
(c) The beginning to a song.
(d) Walking onto stage.

2. What did Morrison describe "like a white funereal butterfly barge"? (Poem 5- "Jamaica")
(a) A mirror.
(b) A dress.
(c) A sheet on the clothesline.
(d) A bed.

3. According to Morrison in the first poem in "Jamaica", what did grown men fear?
(a) His lies.
(b) His truths.
(c) His reality.
(d) His fears.

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

5. In the first poem of the book, what is left to wander?
(a) The heart.
(b) The body.
(c) The soul.
(d) The mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison question about the body in the pool?

2. Where did the satyr in "Ode to LA" leap to?

3. When did "we" awake? (Poem 2-"Drywater")

4. In the poem that started "In that year", what did Morrison claim to be stroked with?

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

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