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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Morrison describe the night in the poem that started "In that year"?
(a) An infinite number of stars lighting the land.
(b) Radio dark.
(c) Moonlit.
(d) Void of stars.

5. In the title poem, what is the wilderness compared to?
(a) A cave.
(b) A forest.
(c) A stadium.
(d) A grand highway.

6. In "he enters stage", who was Morrison looking for?
(a) His manager.
(b) His lover.
(c) His dead friend.
(d) His sister.

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

8. What did Morrison compare "wild promises" to? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) Birds.
(b) Stars.
(c) Waterfalls.
(d) Wild dogs.

9. Who was lost in the frozen woods? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) "Your child".
(b) "Your mind".
(c) "Your dog".
(d) "Your wonder".

10. 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.

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

12. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")
(a) A shadow of surrender.
(b) An iron candle.
(c) A slip of foam.
(d) A plank of dreams.

13. In "Power", what color were the cars that Morrison made go away?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

14. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )
(a) Dark.
(b) Chlorine.
(c) Witnessed.
(d) Summer.

15. How did Morrison describe the moon in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Darkening.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Jeweled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison say that the interview was?

2. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?

3. Where did Morrison and his friends come from in "he enters stage"?

4. What did Morrison throw away that he kept through high school and college?

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

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