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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was stolen in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?
(a) A gun.
(b) A car.
(c) A girlfriend.
(d) A knife.

3. What did Morrison state he was consumed by? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) Hope.
(b) Static.
(c) Aggression.
(d) Pride.

4. What did Morrison describe the movement of his hands to in "Can you dig it"?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Lithe demons.
(c) Dying birds.
(d) Rolling snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were "we" drawn down from? (From the poem that started "In that year")

2. Where did Morrison and his friends come from in "he enters stage"?

3. What did Morrison say that the horned-toads were mavericks of?

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

5. Who led Morrison to the lake in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the poem that began "Moonshine night", what were the "young folk" doing?

2. In the poem that began "Well I'll tell you a story of whiskey", what did Morrison say about how the "whole thing began"?

3. Why did Morrison call an interview an "existential moment"?

4. Who is Ophelia in the poem "Ode to LA"?

5. How did Morrison describe the girl in "Orange County Suite"?

6. What happened at the beginning of the poem "Ode to LA"?

7. What was happening on the beach in the poem that began "A vast and radiant beach& a cool"?

8. What did Morrison state that the "ancient ones" wanted? (In the poem that began "A vast and radiant beach & a cool")

9. What did Morrison state was the aim of his poetry?

10. According to Morrison, what does "real poetry" do?

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