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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 say was a child's first moment of freedom?
(a) When their mother quit breast-feeding.
(b) A first trip away from home.
(c) When they were able to speak.
(d) The first time a child crossed the street alone.

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

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

4. How did Morrison say that he hoped his friend, who died in the pool, "went out"?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Crying.

5. How did Morrison describe the young child's mind? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")
(a) Fluttering between light and dark.
(b) Fragile egg-shell mind.
(c) Torn between two consciousnesses.
(d) Broken, paper-thin mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Morrison describe the pool that the man died in?

2. What city did Morrison ask the location of in "Ode to LA"?

3. What did the ancient ones stand beside? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")

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

5. Who is Morrison's "Ode to LA" dedicated to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 say about the elimination of "space fillers" in an interview?

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

6. In the poem "Power", what did Morrison claim that he could do? (Name three things).

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

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

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

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

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