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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison call the man who died in the pool in the stanza after the description of the body being found?
(a) Water-logged liver.
(b) Lucky stiff.
(c) Colorful clown.
(d) Morbid man.

2. 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) Because it spoke in a way lyrics could not.
(d) Becasue it was eternal.

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

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

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

6. How did Morrison describe the laughter he had on the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) Soft and mad.
(b) Loud and insane.
(c) Quiet and confined.
(d) Intense and full of power.

7. What did the person being questioned in "What are you doing here?" want from Morison?
(a) Love.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Money.

8. How did Morrison describe himself in the woods? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")
(a) Glorious.
(b) Insane.
(c) Mad.
(d) Dehydrated.

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

10. What, according to Morrison, would it take for songs and poetry to survive?
(a) Sound.
(b) Human beings.
(c) Love.
(d) Memories.

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

12. According to the Prologue, what was the purpose of real poetry?
(a) "It just ticks off the possibilities."
(b) "It shows the darkness inside."
(c) "It shows reality in a colored light."
(d) "It reveals a silver lining for the burned."

13. Who did Morrison state was scattered on the highway bleeding? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")
(a) Indians.
(b) Birds.
(c) Children.
(d) Dogs.

14. What did the monarch, in "I am a guide to the Labyrinth", sink into?
(a) Water.
(b) Waste.
(c) Death.
(d) The abyss.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison question about the body in the pool?

2. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?

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

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

5. Where did "we" rock"? (From the poem that started "In that year")

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