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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. 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.

2. In the poem that began "I fell on the earth", what seats were the people described as sleek and fat buckled into?
(a) Car seats.
(b) Bus seats.
(c) Airplane seats.
(d) Train seats.

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

4. Who did the speaker in the poem "Blessings" ask forgiveness from?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Gods.
(d) Birds.

5. What did Morrison describe the "Church of God" as existing as? (From question: "What is that church like?")
(a) House of hidden truths.
(b) Worship place for the strong.
(c) White bandanas and white tambourines.
(d) Masks of reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was left "shaken in the gloom"? (Poem 3-"Drywater)

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

3. What did Morrison name the boxing match at the end of the poem? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")

4. What was in the road while the children were at church?

5. In poem one, "Drywater" section, what did Morrison say went down drains?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Morrison describe the vultures in the poem from the section "Jamaica"?

2. What did Morrison say needed to be done about the situation that the pilots were in? (Poem 2-"Village Tapes")

3. In the second poem from the "Drywater" section, what did Morrison say was happening in the schoolyard?

4. What did Morrison say America did to him? ("Jamaica")

5. In the poem "Science of Night", whom is Morrison addressing?

6. Morrison described the appearance of the the inhabitants of the island. How did Morrison describe the appearance of the men and women? ("Jamaica")

7. Why did Morrison claim that "I deserve this" at the end of the final poem from the "Drywater" section?

8. In the first poem from "The Village Tapes" section, what state is the world in?

9. Why did Morrison ask for forgiveness from Blacks? (Poem 3- "Villages Tapes")

10. In the poem from the section "Jamaica", what did Morrison describe was happening?

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