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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through As I Look Back, Afterward.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the metaphor that Morrison used for the "night"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")
(a) Blanket of heat.
(b) Steel machine.
(c) Shovel.
(d) Netting.

2. 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".

3. What did the man, who died in the pool, float on? ("Ode to LA")
(a) A shadow of surrender.
(b) A slip of foam.
(c) A plank of dreams.
(d) An iron candle.

4. What grade, in school, did Morrison write his first poem?
(a) 3rd or 4th.
(b) 1st or 2nd.
(c) 7th or 8th.
(d) 5th or 6th.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who led Morrison to the lake in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?

3. What was Morrison describing in the poem under "Victimization"?

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

5. What was created when the phone rang at the end of the poem whose first line was "Argue w/breath")?

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