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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the poem "Ode to LA", who was Morrison chosen to play?
(a) Prince of Denmark.
(b) King of LA.
(c) A warden.
(d) Son of God.

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

4. What competed with "Silence"? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Mankind.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Everything.
(d) Woman.

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

6. Who did Morrison call back in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Missing son.
(b) Crying child.
(c) Brave warrior.
(d) Static savior.

7. What did Morrison say that the interview was?
(a) The opening of the clam.
(b) The cloud cover.
(c) The music of a soul.
(d) The new art form.

8. What did Morrison claim to be able to do in "What are you doing here?"
(a) Give life.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Everything.
(d) Take away life.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Intense and full of power.
(c) Quiet and confined.
(d) Loud and insane.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the title poem, what is the wilderness compared to?

3. How did Morrison describe himself in the woods? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")

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

5. What was Morrison's name?

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