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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. Who did Morrison call back in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Missing son.
(b) Static savior.
(c) Brave warrior.
(d) Crying child.

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

3. What was Morrison describing in the poem under "Victimization"?
(a) An awakening.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A revival.
(d) A mass.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")

2. How did Morrison describe the satyr in "Ode to LA"?

3. Who did the woman beg to marry her? (Poem 3- "Drywater")

4. In the three-line poem, poem eighteen "Village Tapes", what did the people describe a race toward?

5. What did Morrison want to be, as detailed by the poem that began "Fence my scared fire"?

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