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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who led Morrison to the lake in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) A bird.
(b) A King and Queen.
(c) A lion.
(d) A lepar.

3. Who did Morrison state were his heroes?
(a) Artists and writers.
(b) Singers and songwriters.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Publishers.

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

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

6. Who is Morrison's "Ode to LA" dedicated to?
(a) Robby Krieger.
(b) John Densmore.
(c) Brian Jones.
(d) Ray Manzarek.

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

8. What did Morrison hope that "you" went out doing? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Screaming like an owl.
(b) Yelling like the insane.
(c) Roaring like a lion.
(d) Smiling like a child.

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

10. Where did Morrison think some learned about Satan from?
(a) From their priest.
(b) From the first time they had sex.
(c) From a box.
(d) From their father.

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) Darkening.
(d) Jeweled.

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

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

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

15. How did Morrison describe the young child's mind? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")
(a) Torn between two consciousnesses.
(b) Fragile egg-shell mind.
(c) Fluttering between light and dark.
(d) Broken, paper-thin mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the smell of burning leaves become for children in the future? ("A man rakes leaves into a pile")

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

3. Who did Morrison state was scattered on the highway bleeding? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")

4. What did Morrison compare opening a mind to (in regard to a "moment of inner freedom")?

5. In the poem that started "In that year", what did Morrison claim to be stroked with?

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