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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. How did Morrison describe the streets in D.C.? (Poem 3- "As I look back")
(a) "Hopefull streets."
(b) "Negro streets."
(c) "White-washed streets."
(d) "Degrading streets."

2. What was the first poem that Morrison wrote?
(a) "The Pony Express".
(b) "Superman".
(c) "Life in School".
(d) "The Bear".

3. What did Morrison claim to be able to do in "What are you doing here?"
(a) Take away life.
(b) Give life.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

4. What did Morrison say that he had to leave? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The world.
(b) The galaxy.
(c) The earth.
(d) The island.

5. What was the name of the whore-house in the last poem of the section titled "Jamaica"?
(a) Miss Templin's.
(b) Lord John & Lady Anne's.
(c) Bevo's Temptation.
(d) Dante's Inferno.

Short Answer 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")

2. What did "we" do to send "our" gift into the vast promise? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")

3. In the poem "Ode to LA", who was Morrison chosen to play?

4. What did Morrison say was built up again? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")

5. What was described as consisting of "organic gears"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")

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