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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Morrison describe the young child's mind? (From the poem that began "Bird of prey")
(a) Fluttering between light and dark.
(b) Fragile egg-shell mind.
(c) Broken, paper-thin mind.
(d) Torn between two consciousnesses.

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

3. How did Morrison say that he hoped his friend, who died in the pool, "went out"?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Crying.
(d) Smiling.

4. What did Morrison compare opening a mind to (in regard to a "moment of inner freedom")?
(a) The sky opening.
(b) A door.
(c) A trunk.
(d) A gift box.

5. What did the person being questioned in "What are you doing here?" want from Morison?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrison describe himself as in the poem beginning "Frozen moment by a lake"?

2. What did Morrison ask the "bird of prey"? (From the poem that began the same way)

3. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?

4. According to the Prologue, what was the purpose of real poetry?

5. What did the monarch, in "I am a guide to the Labyrinth", sink into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Morrison state that the "ancient ones" wanted? (In the poem that began "A vast and radiant beach & a cool")

2. What were the musical references that Morrison made in "Ode to LA"?

3. What did Morrison, in the poem "Ode to LA", say existed in "meat heaven"?

4. What did Morrison ask of the bird of prey? (In the poem that began "Bird of prey, Bird of prey")

5. In the poem "Ode to LA", what did Morrison state was going to happen to Jones' body?

6. What was happening on the beach in the poem that began "A vast and radiant beach& a cool"?

7. Why were the notebooks that Morrison kept in high school important?

8. Why did Morrison call an interview an "existential moment"?

9. According to Morrison, what does "real poetry" do?

10. Why did Morrison claim that an interview was a "crucial mental exercise"?

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