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

2. What did Morrison say that the horned-toads were mavericks of?
(a) A feast for flies.
(b) A crusader for Darwin.
(c) A leap into the beyond.
(d) A yellow spot.

3. Where did Morrison and his friends come from in "he enters stage"?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Far Arden.

4. What did Morrison ask the "bird of prey"? (From the poem that began the same way)
(a) "Am I going to die?"
(b) "When will I stop running?"
(c) "What should I do?"
(d) "When will I come down to earth?"

5. Where did the satyr in "Ode to LA" leap to?
(a) The loam.
(b) The arms of Morrison.
(c) The caverns.
(d) The pit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?

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

3. How did Morrison say that he hoped his friend, who died in the pool, "went out"?

4. Who competed for the man's palms? ("Ode to LA")

5. From the poem "The Fear", what did rabbits possess?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Morrison state happened to the savages in the poem "Ode to LA"?

2. What did Morrison say about the elimination of "space fillers" in an interview?

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

4. What was happening on the beach in the poem that began "A vast and radiant beach& a cool"?

5. How did Morrison use the imagery of the gardener in both "When radio dark night existed" (from "Far Arden") and "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. Why did Morrison state that poetry meant so much to him?

8. In the poem beginning "A man rakes leaves into", what happened as the smell of burning leaves filled the air?

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

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

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