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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrison believe the self-interview was?
(a) The humility one never shows.
(b) The truth hidden behind the eyes.
(c) The honesty blinded by delusions of grandeur.
(d) The essence of creativity.

2. Who led Morrison to the lake in the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool"?
(a) A lion.
(b) A lepar.
(c) A bird.
(d) A King and Queen.

3. What kind of dream was stated as being "mad stifled witness"? ("Ode to LA" )
(a) Summer.
(b) Witnessed.
(c) Chlorine.
(d) Dark.

4. According to the Prologue, what was the purpose of real poetry?
(a) "It shows reality in a colored light."
(b) "It reveals a silver lining for the burned."
(c) "It just ticks off the possibilities."
(d) "It shows the darkness inside."

5. Where did Morrison think some learned about Satan from?
(a) From a box.
(b) From their father.
(c) From their priest.
(d) From the first time they had sex.

6. Who resided in "meat heaven"? ("Ode to LA")
(a) You and me.
(b) Cannibals and Jews.
(c) Everyone.
(d) The devil.

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

8. What did the ancient ones stand beside? (From the poem whose first line was "A vast radiant beach & a cool")
(a) A lightning-struck tree.
(b) An ancient lake.
(c) A crying moon.
(d) A circle of directions.

9. What did Morrison describe the movement of his hands to in "Can you dig it"?
(a) Lithe demons.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Dying birds.
(d) Rolling snakes.

10. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?
(a) A death bird.
(b) A blind owl.
(c) A deaf bat.
(d) An injured rabbit.

11. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?
(a) A first trip away from home.
(b) When their mother quit breast-feeding.
(c) When they were able to speak.
(d) The first time a child crossed the street alone.

12. How did Morrison describe the man who died in the pool-in regard to him being a muse?
(a) A bloated risen muse.
(b) A damask musky muse.
(c) A silken shod muse.
(d) A waxy sullen muse.

13. What did Morrison compare savages to in "Ode to LA"?
(a) Monsters of rhythm.
(b) Poetic versers.
(c) Silent singers.
(d) High messengers.

14. What did Morrison wonder about the drowned man when he was carried up to heaven?
(a) Would he come back as a fish?
(b) Would he stink?
(c) Would he make the trip?
(d) Would he fall back to earth?

15. In the first poem of the book, what is left to wander?
(a) The mind.
(b) The soul.
(c) The body.
(d) The heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "he enters stage", who was Morrison looking for?

2. What was stolen in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?

3. What did Morrison say the "bleached sun" was needed for?

4. According to Morrison, what can poetry and songs survive that nothing else can?

5. What city did Morrison ask the location of in "Ode to LA"?

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