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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 raced down the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Naked couples.

2. What did the monarch, in "I am a guide to the Labyrinth", sink into?
(a) The abyss.
(b) Waste.
(c) Death.
(d) Water.

3. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) America.
(b) His lover.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Music.

4. Where did the satyr in "Ode to LA" leap to?
(a) The pit.
(b) The caverns.
(c) The arms of Morrison.
(d) The loam.

5. What was behind the nursery door? (Poem 5-"Jamaica")
(a) A dog house.
(b) An empty swing.
(c) A reef.
(d) An old elm tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the first poem in the section named "Jamaica", the hour of "what" ended?

2. How did Morrison describe himself in the woods? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

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

4. What, according to Morrison, would it take for songs and poetry to survive?

5. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )

(see the answer key)

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