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

2. In poem 4,"Jamaica", what did the principal hold?
(a) His nose.
(b) His eyes shut.
(c) His ears.
(d) His stomach.

3. What was ending at the schoolyard in the second poem in the "Drywater" section?
(a) Lunch.
(b) The school day.
(c) The school year.
(d) Play rehearsal.

4. What did Morrison describe the movement of his hands to in "Can you dig it"?
(a) Rolling snakes.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Dying birds.
(d) Lithe demons.

5. In "Power", what color were the cars that Morrison made go away?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison compare "wild promises" to? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")

2. What did the monarch, in "I am a guide to the Labyrinth", sink into?

3. How did Morrison say that he hoped his friend, who died in the pool, "went out"?

4. In the first sentence of the section "Far Arden", what did Morrison say they had an intense visitation of?

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

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