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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) The first time a child crossed the street alone.
(c) When they were able to speak.
(d) A first trip away from home.

2. In "Ode to LA", where did Morrison want the man found in the pool to do his dive at?
(a) At another time.
(b) On another channel.
(c) At an oceanfront.
(d) In another pool.

3. Who found the body in the pool?
(a) The band's manager.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The maid.
(d) Morrison.

4. What did Morrison call the man who died in the pool in the stanza after the description of the body being found?
(a) Lucky stiff.
(b) Colorful clown.
(c) Water-logged liver.
(d) Morbid man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Morrison describe the laughter he had on the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")

2. What did Morrison throw away that he kept through high school and college?

3. According to the "Wilderness" dedication, what is milk compared to?

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

5. How did Morrison describe the night in the poem that started "In that year"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What were the musical references that Morrison made in "Ode to LA"?

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

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

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

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

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

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