The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of the first poem in "Sonnets to Orpheus"?
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Ironic.
(c) Angry.
(d) Content.

2. Each elegy is named with ___________________.
(a) A letter.
(b) A keyword.
(c) A number.
(d) The name of a fictional character.

3. Which of the following best describes the "diaphonous girl"?
(a) A symbol of knowledge.
(b) A symbol of listening.
(c) A symbol of sight.
(d) A symbol of speech.

4. In poems I-8 and I-25, which themes are united?
(a) Praise and grief.
(b) Fright and content.
(c) Anger and hunger.
(d) Happiness and sadness.

5. In the first elegy, what happens to the images as the poem continues?
(a) They become more confusing and deluded.
(b) They grow more spacious and remain descriptive.
(c) They become less descriptive.
(d) They become more reluctant to reveal information to the reader.

6. How many parts is "Uncollected Poems" divided into?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

7. What does the poet become frustrated by in "Sonnets to Orpheus"?
(a) The limits of being a human.
(b) His conscience.
(c) HIs lack of love.
(d) His inability to be an animal.

8. In Rilke's description of supplication, from whom does the man expect to receive assistance?
(a) A mysterious woman.
(b) Sent angels.
(c) An ancient Greek god.
(d) An angry god.

9. Which of the following is most unique to Rilke?
(a) Diction.
(b) Format.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Voice.

10. How many poems are in Book 1, Chapter 6?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

11. Who is the poem "Ariel" named after?
(a) A Disney character.
(b) Rilke's daughter.
(c) Rilke's mother.
(d) A character in a play.

12. What is the subject of sonnet II-8?
(a) Diaphonous girl.
(b) Childhood playmates.
(c) Orpheus and the lyre.
(d) Anger.

13. In the elegy about angels, "Every angel is ______."
(a) Terrifying.
(b) Angry.
(c) Demonic.
(d) Passive.

14. Which of the following is the title of a poem in "Uncollected Poems"?
(a) "Straining so hard against the strength of night."
(b) "We ignore the gods and fill our minds with trash."
(c) "For gods do not entice."
(d) "Nothing is so mute."

15. In the third poem in "Sonnet to Orpheus," who are the three basic characters?
(a) The song, the god, the mortal man.
(b) The diaphonous girl, the god, the song.
(c) The animal, the song, the mortal man.
(d) The god, the man, the animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the longest poem in Book 1, Chapter 5?

2. Which of the following is a line from the poem "To Holderlin"?

3. In "To Holderlin", which pair of words describes the two distinct times in life?

4. How are the poems in "Sonnets to Orpheus" (Book 1, Chapter 8) named?

5. How is "To Music" written?

(see the answer keys)

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