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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In poem two, of the section "Jamaica", where are the Major's boots?
(a) By the highway.
(b) By the sink.
(c) Where he left them.
(d) In the shed.

2. In the poem "Cassandra at the Well", what did Morrison say was happening?
(a) He was throwing all of his money away.
(b) He was dying.
(c) He was wishing for life.
(d) He was pushing his lover down the well.

3. What was the name of the whore-house in the last poem of the section titled "Jamaica"?
(a) Dante's Inferno.
(b) Lord John & Lady Anne's.
(c) Bevo's Temptation.
(d) Miss Templin's.

4. What did Morrison name as coinciding with a time of plenty? (Poem 4- "Drywater")
(a) Passivity.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Violence.

5. What was left "shaken in the gloom"? (Poem 3-"Drywater)
(a) The children.
(b) The birds.
(c) Silver.
(d) The concert hall.

6. What was Morrison describing when he wrote "is a silver sluice bait"? (Poem 1- "Drywater")
(a) A hangman's noose.
(b) The beginning to a song.
(c) Walking onto stage.
(d) A fishing line.

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

8. What kind of prayer did the poem call for to hope for a "strong plane landing"? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")
(a) Boisterous.
(b) American.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Consistent.

9. What was ending at the schoolyard in the second poem in the "Drywater" section?
(a) The school year.
(b) Lunch.
(c) The school day.
(d) Play rehearsal.

10. 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 pool hall.
(d) The men's room.

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

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

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

14. What did Morrison describe the "Church of God" as existing as? (From question: "What is that church like?")
(a) Worship place for the strong.
(b) House of hidden truths.
(c) White bandanas and white tambourines.
(d) Masks of reality.

15. In poem one, "Drywater" section, what did Morrison say went down drains?
(a) Hopes and dreams.
(b) Drills and water.
(c) Birds and their shadows.
(d) Memories and the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strangled the cliffs in the East? (Poem 1- "Village Tapes")

2. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

3. What kind of tires did the people in the poem (Poem 2-"Village Tapes") ride on out of the airport?

4. What did Morrison name the boxing match at the end of the poem? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")

5. Who did Morrison say was drinking from the swimming pool? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

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