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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 the "bleached sun" was needed for?
(a) Lunch by the pool.
(b) A day of dying.
(c) A life forgotten.
(d) TV aftrenoons.

2. What passed at the end of the poem "Tape Noon"?
(a) A stranger.
(b) A girl.
(c) A child.
(d) A car.

3. What did Morrison ask the "bird of prey"? (From the poem that began the same way)
(a) "When will I come down to earth?"
(b) "Am I going to die?"
(c) "When will I stop running?"
(d) "What should I do?"

4. What did the men, described by Morrison, wear in the poem? (Poem 1- "Jamaica")
(a) Robes of gold.
(b) Holy jeans.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tunics or short skirts.

5. What did Morrison say the body would be carried up through to heaven?("Ode to LA")
(a) Ghosts of music's future.
(b) Lyrics of the soul.
(c) Halls of music.
(d) Waves of sound.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the first poem in "Jamaica", who drove through the suburbs?

2. In the poem that started "In that year", what did Morrison claim to be stroked with?

3. Who did Morrison say was drinking from the swimming pool? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

4. In the poem "Silence of Night", what is described as being in the "starry night"?

5. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

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