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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What did Morrison believe the self-interview was?
(a) The humility one never shows.
(b) The essence of creativity.
(c) The honesty blinded by delusions of grandeur.
(d) The truth hidden behind the eyes.

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

4. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")
(a) The pool liner.
(b) The goddess.
(c) The death of the man.
(d) The story.

5. What did Morrison compare savages to in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Poetic versers.
(b) Monsters of rhythm.
(c) Silent singers.
(d) High messengers.

6. What did Morrison say was all around him in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) Bodies and animals.
(b) Music and voices.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Trash and "trash".

7. What did Morrison say that the horned-toads were mavericks of?
(a) A crusader for Darwin.
(b) A yellow spot.
(c) A feast for flies.
(d) A leap into the beyond.

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

9. Where did the savages fall out from in the poem "Ode to LA"?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The falls.
(c) The sky.
(d) The clouds.

10. What was stolen in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A car.

11. What did Morrison say the "bleached sun" was needed for?
(a) A life forgotten.
(b) Lunch by the pool.
(c) TV aftrenoons.
(d) A day of dying.

12. What passed at the end of the poem "Tape Noon"?
(a) A stranger.
(b) A girl.
(c) A child.
(d) A car.

13. How did Morrison describe the man who died in the pool-in regard to him being a muse?
(a) A damask musky muse.
(b) A waxy sullen muse.
(c) A silken shod muse.
(d) A bloated risen muse.

14. How did Morrison say that he hoped his friend, who died in the pool, "went out"?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Crying.
(d) Laughing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Morrison's "Ode to LA" dedicated to?

2. Where was Morrison when he described the night as a "moonshine night"? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

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

4. According to the Prologue, what was the purpose of real poetry?

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

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