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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Morrison say, in the first poem of the "Drywater" section, say that men assembled at to create armies and find foes to fight?
(a) Around the fire.
(b) The pier at the beach.
(c) The men's room.
(d) The pool hall.

2. Who did the woman beg to marry her? (Poem 3- "Drywater")
(a) The spider-king.
(b) The writer of poetry.
(c) The master of sound.
(d) The King of Beasts.

3. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) His lover.
(b) America.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Music.

4. What was Morrison describing in the poem under "Victimization"?
(a) A revival.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A mass.
(d) An awakening.

5. What did the girl in black search for in her car? (Poem 5- "Drywater")
(a) Purse.
(b) Money.
(c) Keys.
(d) Lipstick.

6. What was described as consisting of "organic gears"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")
(a) The universe.
(b) His mind.
(c) His bed.
(d) The earth.

7. What did the men, described by Morrison, wear in the poem? (Poem 1- "Jamaica")
(a) Holy jeans.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Robes of gold.
(d) Tunics or short skirts.

8. According to Morrison in the first poem in "Jamaica", what did grown men fear?
(a) His reality.
(b) His lies.
(c) His fears.
(d) His truths.

9. What did Morrison say that he yelled in the poem beginning "Argue w/breath"?
(a) "Enough!"
(b) "Help!"
(c) "No!"
(d) "Midnight!"

10. How did Morrison describe the pictures of the boxing match? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")
(a) "Period prints".
(b) "Unrealistic reality".
(c) "Off-color prints".
(d) "A beating of reverse".

11. What strangled the cliffs in the East? (Poem 1- "Village Tapes")
(a) Nests.
(b) Houses.
(c) Birds.
(d) Lovers.

12. What were the "great beasts" suffering from in the eleventh poem from the "Village Tapes" section?
(a) Extinction.
(b) Mankind.
(c) Reality.
(d) Love.

13. What did Morrison name the boxing match at the end of the poem? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")
(a) "A Negro Dance".
(b) "A Consistant Battle".
(c) "A Blip in Life".
(d) "A Fight of Fear".

14. Where did the people in the poem think they might be? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")
(a) Hell.
(b) New York.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Harlem.

15. What is the metaphor that Morrison used for the "night"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")
(a) Shovel.
(b) Blanket of heat.
(c) Steel machine.
(d) Netting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was left "shaken in the gloom"? (Poem 3-"Drywater)

2. In the poem that began "I fell on the earth", what seats were the people described as sleek and fat buckled into?

3. In poem 4,"Jamaica", what did the principal hold?

4. What did the woman, in the third poem in the section titled "Drywater", take with her when she left?

5. What did Morrison say that he had to leave? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")

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