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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. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")
(a) The pool liner.
(b) The death of the man.
(c) The story.
(d) The goddess.

2. What did Morrison say that the interview was?
(a) The new art form.
(b) The music of a soul.
(c) The opening of the clam.
(d) The cloud cover.

3. What, according to Morrison, would it take for songs and poetry to survive?
(a) Human beings.
(b) Memories.
(c) Love.
(d) Sound.

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

5. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )
(a) Summer.
(b) Witnessed.
(c) Dark.
(d) Chlorine.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Morrison believe the self-interview was?

4. What did Morrison say the "bleached sun" was needed for?

5. What did Morrison wonder about the drowned man when he was carried up to heaven?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In the poem that began "An angel runs", what happened when the angel ran?

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