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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city did Morrison ask the location of in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Marrakesh.
(b) Ealdwic.
(c) Mea She'arim.
(d) Lion's Gate.

2. Who did Morrison state were his heroes?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Singers and songwriters.
(c) Publishers.
(d) Artists and writers.

3. In the poem that started "In that year", what did Morrison claim to be stroked with?
(a) Hate.
(b) Light.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Fear.

4. What did Morrison describe the movement of his hands to in "Can you dig it"?
(a) Lithe demons.
(b) Dying birds.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Rolling snakes.

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

6. What is the prisoner, in "Moment of Freedom", compared to in the poem?
(a) A mole.
(b) A bird.
(c) A lion.
(d) A child.

7. What did Morrison ask the "bird of prey"? (From the poem that began the same way)
(a) "What should I do?"
(b) "When will I come down to earth?"
(c) "When will I stop running?"
(d) "Am I going to die?"

8. Why did Morrison say that poetry appealed to him?
(a) Because it meant he was an artist.
(b) Because it spoke in a way lyrics could not.
(c) Becasue it was eternal.
(d) Because it was similar to music.

9. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?
(a) A death bird.
(b) An injured rabbit.
(c) A deaf bat.
(d) A blind owl.

10. What did Morrison hope that "you" went out doing? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Yelling like the insane.
(b) Smiling like a child.
(c) Screaming like an owl.
(d) Roaring like a lion.

11. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?
(a) A generation.
(b) A holocaust.
(c) A war.
(d) A fire.

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

13. How did Morrison describe the young child's mind? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")
(a) Fluttering between light and dark.
(b) Fragile egg-shell mind.
(c) Torn between two consciousnesses.
(d) Broken, paper-thin mind.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who competed for the man's palms? ("Ode to LA")

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

3. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")

4. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")

5. What competed with "Silence"? ("Ode to LA")

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