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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Village Tapes: Poems Recorded December 7, 1970.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?
(a) A fire.
(b) A generation.
(c) A holocaust.
(d) A war.

2. What did Morrison describe the "Church of God" as existing as? (From question: "What is that church like?")
(a) White bandanas and white tambourines.
(b) House of hidden truths.
(c) Worship place for the strong.
(d) Masks of reality.

3. What was left "shaken in the gloom"? (Poem 3-"Drywater)
(a) Silver.
(b) The concert hall.
(c) The children.
(d) The birds.

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

5. What grade, in school, did Morrison write his first poem?
(a) 3rd or 4th.
(b) 5th or 6th.
(c) 1st or 2nd.
(d) 7th or 8th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

2. How did Morrison describe the "couplings out in the night", in the fourth poem from the section titled "Jamaica"?

3. Where was Morrison when he described the night as a "moonshine night"? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

4. Who led Morrison to the lake in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?

5. According to the "Wilderness" dedication, what is milk compared to?

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