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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morison say a child gave into? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The truth.
(b) Reality.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Fear.

2. What was the brain filled with? (Poem 1- "Drywater)
(a) Memories.
(b) Clocks.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Birds.

3. What did Morrison compare savages to in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Poetic versers.
(b) High messengers.
(c) Monsters of rhythm.
(d) Silent singers.

4. What did Morrison name the boxing match at the end of the poem? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")
(a) "A Blip in Life".
(b) "A Negro Dance".
(c) "A Consistant Battle".
(d) "A Fight of Fear".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In poem one, "Drywater" section, what did Morrison say went down drains?

2. What was Morrison describing when he wrote "is a silver sluice bait"? (Poem 1- "Drywater")

3. What did the person being questioned in "What are you doing here?" want from Morison?

4. What did Morrison hope that "you" went out doing? ("Ode to LA")

5. What did Morrison call the man who died in the pool in the stanza after the description of the body being found?

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