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

2. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) A dead dog.
(b) A dead person.
(c) A dead cat.
(d) A dead cow.

3. What did Morrison say was built up again? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The world.
(b) The dam.
(c) His hope.
(d) The light.

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

5. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )
(a) Chlorine.
(b) Witnessed.
(c) Summer.
(d) Dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Silence of Night", what is described as being in the "starry night"?

2. Who were described as having an "insane free chummy cackle"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")

3. At the end of the second poem in the "Drywater" section, who was described as "winning"?

4. Who is "Wilderness" dedicated to?

5. What did Morrison describe the movement of his hands to in "Can you dig it"?

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