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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the first poem in the section named "Jamaica", the hour of "what" ended?
(a) The wolf.
(b) The lion.
(c) The dog.
(d) The flower.

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

3. What kind of terror were "we" in by the hollow bush? (Poem 2- "Drywater")
(a) Constant.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Superior.
(d) Watchful.

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

5. Who, according to the second poem in the "Village Tapes" section, was hungry for steel?
(a) "We" were.
(b) The sea.
(c) Birds.
(d) Lovers.

6. What did Morrison say was "hanging on the wing of the raven" in the first poem of the section titled "Drywater"?
(a) "Your humanity".
(b) "Your name".
(c) "Your soul".
(d) "Your meat".

7. What did Morrison want to be, as detailed by the poem that began "Fence my scared fire"?
(a) "To live awake and not asleep".
(b) "To be simple, black & clean."
(c) "To live open to the prospects".
(d) "To live life like a god".

8. What was in the road while the children were at church?
(a) An indian.
(b) A casket.
(c) A frog.
(d) A bird with a broken wing.

9. Where did Morrison say, in the first poem of the "Drywater" section, say that men assembled at to create armies and find foes to fight?
(a) The men's room.
(b) Around the fire.
(c) The pier at the beach.
(d) The pool hall.

10. According to Morrison in the first poem in "Jamaica", what did grown men fear?
(a) His fears.
(b) His truths.
(c) His reality.
(d) His lies.

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

12. What was described as "mating deep in the Western night"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")
(a) Men and women.
(b) Lions and dogs.
(c) Masters and slaves.
(d) Sand and moon.

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

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

15. Who did Morrison say was drinking from the swimming pool? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) A cat.
(b) A cow.
(c) A dog.
(d) The principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Morrison describe the "couplings out in the night", in the fourth poem from the section titled "Jamaica"?

2. What did the girl in black search for in her car? (Poem 5- "Drywater")

3. What did Morrison say that he had to leave? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")

4. What did Morison say a child gave into? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")

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

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