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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 "we" do to send "our" gift into the vast promise? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")
(a) Sing.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Cry.
(d) Scream.

2. What, according to the fifteenth poem in the "Village Tapes" section, would happen if "the writer can write & the farmer can sow"?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Song can exist.
(d) Miracles.

3. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")
(a) The pool liner.
(b) The story.
(c) The goddess.
(d) The death of the man.

4. Who is Morrison's "Ode to LA" dedicated to?
(a) Ray Manzarek.
(b) Robby Krieger.
(c) Brian Jones.
(d) John Densmore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the satyr in "Ode to LA" leap to?

2. In the fifth poem, from the section "Village Tapes", what was claimed to be real?

3. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")

4. What kind of tires did the people in the poem (Poem 2-"Village Tapes") ride on out of the airport?

5. In "Ode to LA", where did Morrison want the man found in the pool to do his dive at?

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