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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Jamaica.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) His lover.
(b) America.
(c) Music.
(d) Poetry.

2. What did Morrison say that the horned-toads were mavericks of?
(a) A yellow spot.
(b) A crusader for Darwin.
(c) A feast for flies.
(d) A leap into the beyond.

3. What was Morrison's name?
(a) James Douglas Morrison.
(b) Douglas Jimmy Morrison.
(c) Jim Allen Morrison.
(d) Jimmy Lucas Morrison.

4. What did the person being questioned in "What are you doing here?" want from Morison?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Money.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Love.

5. How did Morrison describe the laughter he had on the beach? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) Quiet and confined.
(b) Intense and full of power.
(c) Soft and mad.
(d) Loud and insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?

2. From the poem "The Fear", what did rabbits possess?

3. Who did Morrison call back in "Ode to LA"?

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

5. In "Power", what color were the cars that Morrison made go away?

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