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

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

3. How did Morrison describe religion in the first poem from the section named "Drywater"?
(a) Velvet furred.
(b) Quick to falter.
(c) A dying breed.
(d) Hope for the hopeless.

4. What did Morrison believe the self-interview was?
(a) The humility one never shows.
(b) The truth hidden behind the eyes.
(c) The essence of creativity.
(d) The honesty blinded by delusions of grandeur.

5. What did Morrison want to be, as detailed by the poem that began "Fence my scared fire"?
(a) "To live awake and not asleep".
(b) "To live open to the prospects".
(c) "To be simple, black & clean."
(d) "To live life like a god".

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Morrison name as coinciding with a time of plenty? (Poem 4- "Drywater")

3. What did Morrison state he was consumed by? (From the poem that started "In that year")

4. In the title poem, what is the wilderness compared to?

5. Where were "we" drawn down from? (From the poem that started "In that year")

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