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

2. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?
(a) A generation.
(b) A holocaust.
(c) A war.
(d) A fire.

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

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

5. What was Morrison's name?
(a) Douglas Jimmy Morrison.
(b) James Douglas Morrison.
(c) Jimmy Lucas Morrison.
(d) Jim Allen Morrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raced down the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")

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

3. What was stolen in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?

4. What did Morrison compare savages to in "Ode to LA"?

5. What did Morrison compare "wild promises" to? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Morrison state that poetry meant so much to him?

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

4. What did Morrison state happened to the angel man in the poem "Ode to LA"?

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

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

7. What were the different ways that Morrison referred to Jones in "Ode to LA"?

8. How did Morrison, in "Ode to LA", state that Jones "went out"?

9. In the poem that began "Why does my mind circle around you", what did Morrison say was wrong with the dog?

10. In the poem "Ode to LA", what did Morrison state was going to happen to Jones' body?

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