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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. Where was liquor made to flow from? (Poem 13- "Village Tapes")
(a) He was not sure.
(b) Borderlands.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Everywhere.

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

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

4. What did Morrison call the man who died in the pool in the stanza after the description of the body being found?
(a) Water-logged liver.
(b) Colorful clown.
(c) Lucky stiff.
(d) Morbid man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Morrison describe the satyr in "Ode to LA"?

2. What did Morrison say that the man, who died in the pool, never saw?

3. In "Power", what color were the cars that Morrison made go away?

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

5. What kind of terror were "we" in by the hollow bush? (Poem 2- "Drywater")

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