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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author express in "Requiem for a Friend"?
(a) Anger.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Grief.

2. How does Rilke feel at the beginning of "I am the Anxious One"?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Excited.
(d) Melancholy.

3. What does the swan symbolize?
(a) Angels.
(b) Family.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fidelity.

4. Which animal is described as being able to escape a more powerful animal?
(a) Panther.
(b) Swan.
(c) Gazelle.
(d) Bird.

5. Why does the narrator admire the dead person in "Requiem for a Friend"?
(a) The deceased was loving.
(b) The deceased was appreciative.
(c) The deceased was good at writing.
(d) The deceased was smart.

6. What does the panther serve to be a symbol of?
(a) The German legal system.
(b) Natural power.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) The sun rising each morning.

7. What is the name of the last poem in Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) "Fame in Glory."
(b) "Buddha in Faith."
(c) "Heaven in Glory."
(d) "Buddha in Glory."

8. What is the main difference between the English and German poems?
(a) The translation has a different message.
(b) The translation uses weaker description.
(c) The German poems are completely different and impossible to translate to English.
(d) The German poems rhyme better than the translation.

9. Which family member does Rilke dedicate a poem to?
(a) Brother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

10. In "Requiem for a Friend," which of the following is left unclear?
(a) The narrative character's friend's name.
(b) The feelings of the narrator for the person who died.
(c) The narrative character's gender.
(d) The narrator's thoughts on traveling.

11. What is the translation of "Black Cat," as shown in the translated version of the poem?
(a) Schart Kazte.
(b) Schare Catz.
(c) Schwarze Katze.
(d) Schwartze Kaze.

12. What follows from "I have my dead"?
(a) And I keep them close.
(b) And I let them live.
(c) And I want to die.
(d) And I have let them go.

13. Which poem has the following line: "You must change your life"?
(a) "Black Cat."
(b) "The Flamingos."
(c) "Archaic Torso of Apollo."
(d) "Creon."

14. In Greek mythology, what did the sun readily take on the guise of?
(a) Living man.
(b) Church.
(c) Wind.
(d) Worshippers.

15. Which adjective best describes both of the poems about the human condition in Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Short.
(b) Complex.
(c) Unintentional.
(d) Meaningless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who annexed Rilke's part of Czech Bohemia with World War I?

2. How did the women described in Rilke's poem about the ancient women dress?

3. How old is Rilke's family member in the poem that describes them?

4. Which of the following would be an analogy used in Rilke's poetry for the way religion has changed?

5. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 1?

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