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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Morrison's name?
(a) James Douglas Morrison.
(b) Douglas Jimmy Morrison.
(c) Jimmy Lucas Morrison.
(d) Jim Allen Morrison.

2. Who is "Wilderness" dedicated to?
(a) Pamela Susan.
(b) Victoria Smithe.
(c) Teddy Monroe.
(d) Barbara Morrison.

3. Who raced down the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Naked couples.

4. What did Morrison wonder about the drowned man when he was carried up to heaven?
(a) Would he make the trip?
(b) Would he stink?
(c) Would he come back as a fish?
(d) Would he fall back to earth?

5. What poem did Morrison write in high school?
(a) "Pride and Love".
(b) "Horse Latitudes".
(c) "Running with Steel".
(d) "A Sense of My Own".

6. Who found the body in the pool?
(a) Morrison.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The maid.
(d) The band's manager.

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

8. Who competed for the man's palms? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Angels.
(b) Serpents.
(c) Demons.
(d) Lovers.

9. What did Morrison state he was consumed by? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) Hope.
(b) Pride.
(c) Aggression.
(d) Static.

10. What will the smell of burning leaves become for children in the future? ("A man rakes leaves into a pile")
(a) Longing.
(b) Fear.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Hatred.

11. Where did the satyr in "Ode to LA" leap to?
(a) The caverns.
(b) The pit.
(c) The arms of Morrison.
(d) The loam.

12. What did Morrison compare opening a mind to (in regard to a "moment of inner freedom")?
(a) A door.
(b) A gift box.
(c) The sky opening.
(d) A trunk.

13. What did Morrison question about the body in the pool?
(a) The smile frozen on the face.
(b) The objectivity of which it was pulled from the pool.
(c) The bloated whiteness.
(d) The pale green stuff it was made of.

14. How did Morrison describe the satyr in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Livid.
(b) Dark.
(c) Porky.
(d) Salty.

15. Where did "we" rock"? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) In a web.
(b) On the stage.
(c) In a cavernous void.
(d) On a coaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Morrison think some learned about Satan from?

2. What did the moon drip because of it being "cool and swollen"? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

3. Who did Morrison call back in "Ode to LA"?

4. What grade, in school, did Morrison write his first poem?

5. What did Morrison claim to be able to do in "What are you doing here?"

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