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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Planets.
(b) No one.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Me.

2. From the poem "The Fear", what did rabbits possess?
(a) Red eyes.
(b) Yellow bellies.
(c) Black tails.
(d) White wings.

3. Who did Morrison call "poor"? ("Ode to LA")
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Cleopatra.

4. Who was lost in the frozen woods? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) "Your wonder".
(b) "Your dog".
(c) "Your mind".
(d) "Your child".

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

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

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

8. Where did "we" rock"? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) In a cavernous void.
(b) In a web.
(c) On a coaster.
(d) On the stage.

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

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

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

12. Where was Morrison when he described the night as a "moonshine night"? (From the poem that began with "Moonshine night")
(a) Mt. Harmony.
(b) Mt. Addiction.
(c) Mt. Village.
(d) Mt. Music.

13. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )
(a) Chlorine.
(b) Witnessed.
(c) Summer.
(d) Dark.

14. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")
(a) An iron candle.
(b) A plank of dreams.
(c) A slip of foam.
(d) A shadow of surrender.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the monarch, in "I am a guide to the Labyrinth", sink into?

2. What did Morrison say an interview was similar to?

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

4. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?

5. What was Morrison's name?

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