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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 question about the body in the pool?
(a) The objectivity of which it was pulled from the pool.
(b) The smile frozen on the face.
(c) The bloated whiteness.
(d) The pale green stuff it was made of.

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

3. What did Morrison throw away that he kept through high school and college?
(a) Diaries.
(b) Song books.
(c) Notebooks.
(d) Journals.

4. Who was lost in the frozen woods? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) "Your mind".
(b) "Your dog".
(c) "Your child".
(d) "Your wonder".

5. Who resided in "meat heaven"? ("Ode to LA")
(a) You and me.
(b) The devil.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Cannibals and Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison compare opening a mind to (in regard to a "moment of inner freedom")?

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

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

4. What did Morrison ask the "bird of prey"? (From the poem that began the same way)

5. Who found the body in the pool?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Morrison state that poetry meant so much to him?

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 "Why does my mind circle around you", what did Morrison say was wrong with the dog?

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

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

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

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

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