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

2. What did the ancient ones stand beside? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) An ancient lake.
(b) A circle of directions.
(c) A crying moon.
(d) A lightning-struck tree.

3. From the poem that began "Why does my mind circle around you", what did Morrison say wondered what it was like to be "you"?
(a) Me.
(b) No one.
(c) Planets.
(d) Everyone.

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

5. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?
(a) A war.
(b) A holocaust.
(c) A fire.
(d) A generation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who found the body in the pool?

3. Why did Morrison say that poetry appealed to him?

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

5. What did Morrison say that the horned-toads were mavericks of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Morrison state Jones' body looked when the gardener found it?

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