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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through As I Look Back, Afterward.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What strangled the cliffs in the East? (Poem 1- "Village Tapes")
(a) Lovers.
(b) Houses.
(c) Birds.
(d) Nests.

3. What was stolen in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?
(a) A gun.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) A knife.
(d) A car.

4. Who did Morrison call back in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Brave warrior.
(b) Static savior.
(c) Missing son.
(d) Crying child.

5. What did Morrison compare "wild promises" to? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Waterfalls.
(c) Stars.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first poem that Morrison wrote?

2. In the poem that began "As I look back", what kind of snap shots is Morrison struck by?

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

4. In "Ode to LA", where did Morrison want the man found in the pool to do his dive at?

5. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?

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