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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Morrison claim the night described in the tenth poem ("Village Tapes") was the "greatest night of my life"?
(a) He was with the woman he loved.
(b) He was on stage for the first time.
(c) His mother had found him again.
(d) His friends were with him.

2. In poem one, "Drywater" section, what did Morrison say went down drains?
(a) Birds and their shadows.
(b) Drills and water.
(c) Hopes and dreams.
(d) Memories and the future.

3. What did Morrison say was built up again? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The dam.
(b) His hope.
(c) The light.
(d) The world.

4. What did Morrison compare the beak of the vulture to? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) Life.
(b) Meat.
(c) Death.
(d) Honey.

5. In the poem "Cassandra at the Well", what did Morrison say was happening?
(a) He was dying.
(b) He was pushing his lover down the well.
(c) He was throwing all of his money away.
(d) He was wishing for life.

6. In the fifth poem, from the section "Village Tapes", what was claimed to be real?
(a) "The Hope for the hopeless".
(b) "The Politics of ecstasy".
(c) "The Wisdom of pride".
(d) "The questions of children".

7. According to the first poem in the "Village Tapes" section, who lied?
(a) The trees.
(b) The birds.
(c) No one.
(d) All the world.

8. What did Morrison name the boxing match at the end of the poem? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")
(a) "A Negro Dance".
(b) "A Blip in Life".
(c) "A Fight of Fear".
(d) "A Consistant Battle".

9. What was the name of the whore-house in the last poem of the section titled "Jamaica"?
(a) Miss Templin's.
(b) Bevo's Temptation.
(c) Dante's Inferno.
(d) Lord John & Lady Anne's.

10. What did Morrison call blessed, in the first poem in the section "Jamaica"?
(a) The life.
(b) The hope.
(c) The children.
(d) The night.

11. What was ending at the schoolyard in the second poem in the "Drywater" section?
(a) Lunch.
(b) The school day.
(c) The school year.
(d) Play rehearsal.

12. When did "we" awake? (Poem 2-"Drywater")
(a) At dusk.
(b) At midnight.
(c) At noon.
(d) Before dawn.

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

14. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) A dead cat.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) A dead cow.
(d) A dead person.

15. How many drops of rain suffice when "one is not deluged by rain"? (Poem 4- "Drywater")
(a) 3.
(b) 3,000.
(c) A million.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of prayer did the poem call for to hope for a "strong plane landing"? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")

3. Who was the "deaf witness on the bank" compared to? (Poem 4-"Drywater")

4. What made wine? (Poem 15- "Village Tapes")

5. What was described as consisting of "organic gears"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")

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