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

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

3. What was described as "mating deep in the Western night"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")
(a) Men and women.
(b) Lions and dogs.
(c) Sand and moon.
(d) Masters and slaves.

4. What did the moon drip because of it being "cool and swollen"? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")
(a) Liquor.
(b) Tears.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

5. According to the first poem in "Jamaica", who drove through the suburbs?
(a) The poor.
(b) The stuck.
(c) The hopeless.
(d) The chauffeured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison say was all around him in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?

2. Who did Morrison call back in "Ode to LA"?

3. Who, according to the second poem in the "Village Tapes" section, was hungry for steel?

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

5. What, in the poem beginning "The Endless quest a vigil", state would be missed?

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