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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Village Tapes: Poems Recorded December 7, 1970.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison say that he had to leave? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The world.
(b) The galaxy.
(c) The island.
(d) The earth.

2. Where was liquor made to flow from? (Poem 13- "Village Tapes")
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) He was not sure.
(d) Borderlands.

3. In the poem that began "I fell on the earth", what seats were the people described as sleek and fat buckled into?
(a) Airplane seats.
(b) Train seats.
(c) Bus seats.
(d) Car seats.

4. How did Morrison describe the satyr in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Dark.
(b) Porky.
(c) Livid.
(d) Salty.

5. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) A dead person.
(b) A dead cow.
(c) A dead cat.
(d) A dead dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison compare the beak of the vulture to? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

2. What did Morrison say that the man, who died in the pool, never saw?

3. What did Morrison wonder about the drowned man when he was carried up to heaven?

4. What was the name of the whore-house in the last poem of the section titled "Jamaica"?

5. What did Morrison call blessed, in the first poem in the section "Jamaica"?

(see the answer key)

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