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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 did the girl in black search for in her car? (Poem 5- "Drywater")
(a) Money.
(b) Lipstick.
(c) Keys.
(d) Purse.

2. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?
(a) A first trip away from home.
(b) The first time a child crossed the street alone.
(c) When their mother quit breast-feeding.
(d) When they were able to speak.

3. What did Morrison describe the "Church of God" as existing as? (From question: "What is that church like?")
(a) House of hidden truths.
(b) Masks of reality.
(c) Worship place for the strong.
(d) White bandanas and white tambourines.

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

5. What did Morrison say caused peace and books to "lose their charm"? (Poem 3-"As I look back")
(a) Women.
(b) Sex.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Morrison describe himself in the woods? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

2. What did Morrison claim to become at the end of the poem "Road Days"?

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

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

5. What did the woman, in the third poem in the section titled "Drywater", take with her when she left?

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