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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. How did Morrison describe the laughter he had on the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) Quiet and confined.
(b) Soft and mad.
(c) Loud and insane.
(d) Intense and full of power.

2. From the first poem in the section named "Jamaica", the hour of "what" ended?
(a) The flower.
(b) The wolf.
(c) The dog.
(d) The lion.

3. Where did Morrison think some learned about Satan from?
(a) From their priest.
(b) From the first time they had sex.
(c) From their father.
(d) From a box.

4. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?
(a) A deaf bat.
(b) An injured rabbit.
(c) A death bird.
(d) A blind owl.

5. In the poem that began "Cobra sun/Fever smile", at the end, who came?
(a) America.
(b) God.
(c) Death.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In poem one, "Drywater" section, what did Morrison say went down drains?

2. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?

3. Who competed for the man's palms? ("Ode to LA")

4. What did the men, described by Morrison, wear in the poem? (Poem 1- "Jamaica")

5. Who did Morrison call "poor"? ("Ode to LA")

(see the answer key)

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