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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 the fifth poem, from the section "Village Tapes", what was claimed to be real?
(a) "The Politics of ecstasy".
(b) "The questions of children".
(c) "The Hope for the hopeless".
(d) "The Wisdom of pride".

2. How did Morrison describe the land on the schoolyard? (Poem 2- "Drywater")
(a) Female.
(b) Unstoppable.
(c) Mighty.
(d) Hidden.

3. According to Morrison in the first poem in "Jamaica", what did grown men fear?
(a) His truths.
(b) His fears.
(c) His lies.
(d) His reality.

4. What was described as "mating deep in the Western night"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")
(a) Lions and dogs.
(b) Masters and slaves.
(c) Sand and moon.
(d) Men and women.

5. According to the first poem in the "Village Tapes" section, who lied?
(a) The trees.
(b) The birds.
(c) No one.
(d) All the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strangled the cliffs in the East? (Poem 1- "Village Tapes")

2. What did Morrison describe the "Church of God" as existing as? (From question: "What is that church like?")

3. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

4. What kind of prayer did the poem call for to hope for a "strong plane landing"? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")

5. What made wine? (Poem 15- "Village Tapes")

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Morrison say mated? ("Drywater")

2. In the poem "Science of Night", whom is Morrison addressing?

3. Morrison described the appearance of the the inhabitants of the island. How did Morrison describe the appearance of the men and women? ("Jamaica")

4. In the fourth poem of the "Drywater" section, what did Morrison claim he was not?

5. What did Morrison claim that he had to leave? ("Jamaica")

6. How did Morrison describe the vultures in the poem from the section "Jamaica"?

7. In the first poem of the section titled "Drywater", how did Morrison describe the night?

8. In the ninth poem from the "Village Tapes" section, who is Morrison looking for?

9. What did Morrison say America did to him? ("Jamaica")

10. What message did Morrison claim was being sent at the end of the fourth poem in the "Drywater" section?

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