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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. Where were "we" drawn down from? (From the poem that started "In that year")
(a) The unknown.
(b) A consistent high.
(c) Heaven.
(d) A deep sleep.

2. What did Morrison say the body would be carried up through to heaven?("Ode to LA")
(a) Lyrics of the soul.
(b) Waves of sound.
(c) Halls of music.
(d) Ghosts of music's future.

3. In "Power", what color were the cars that Morrison made go away?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

4. What did Morrison compare savages to in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Silent singers.
(b) Poetic versers.
(c) Monsters of rhythm.
(d) High messengers.

5. Who led Morrison to the lake in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) A bird.
(b) A lion.
(c) A lepar.
(d) A King and Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison claim to be able to do in "What are you doing here?"

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

3. What were "sodden in silk"? ("Ode to LA")

4. What did Morrison say that the man, who died in the pool, never saw?

5. In "he enters stage", who was Morrison looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the notebooks that Morrison kept in high school important?

2. Why did Morrison claim that an interview was a "crucial mental exercise"?

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

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

5. What did Morrison ask of the bird of prey? (In the poem that began "Bird of prey, Bird of prey")

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

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

8. What did Morrison, in the poem "Ode to LA", say existed in "meat heaven"?

9. How did Morrison use the imagery of the gardener in both "When radio dark night existed" (from "Far Arden") and "Ode to LA"?

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

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