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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the first poem of the book, what is left to wander?
(a) The heart.
(b) The soul.
(c) The body.
(d) The mind.

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

5. In "Ode to LA", where did Morrison want the man found in the pool to do his dive at?
(a) At an oceanfront.
(b) At another time.
(c) In another pool.
(d) On another channel.

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

7. What did Morrison throw away that he kept through high school and college?
(a) Notebooks.
(b) Journals.
(c) Song books.
(d) Diaries.

8. What did the ancient ones stand beside? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) A lightning-struck tree.
(b) A circle of directions.
(c) An ancient lake.
(d) A crying moon.

9. How did Morrison describe the pool that the man died in?
(a) Green vanity.
(b) Sulfor infested.
(c) Hot buttered.
(d) Blue abyss.

10. Where were "we" drawn down from? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) A consistent high.
(b) A deep sleep.
(c) The unknown.
(d) Heaven.

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

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

13. From the poem that began "Why does my mind circle around you", what did Morrison say wondered what it was like to be "you"?
(a) No one.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Planets.
(d) Me.

14. What did the moon drip because of it being "cool and swollen"? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")
(a) Love.
(b) Tears.
(c) Fear.
(d) Liquor.

15. 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) Broken, paper-thin mind.
(d) Torn between two consciousnesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison compare "wild promises" to? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")

2. Who resided in "meat heaven"? ("Ode to LA")

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

4. How did Morrison describe the night in the poem that started "In that year"?

5. What is the prisoner, in "Moment of Freedom", compared to in the poem?

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