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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Rilke describing with the following line: "Praising is what matters! He was summoned for that"?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Orpheus.
2. In the poem where the narrator is lying in bed, which item describes the narrator's day?
(a) A bird with one leg.
(b) An animal with no home.
(c) A clock-face with no hands.
(d) A door with no knob.
3. According to Rilke's poem, how did the prodigal son grow up?
(a) Well-loved.
(b) Mistreated.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Unappreciatively.
4. In the poem in which the narrator is lying in bed, how many flights above ground is he or she?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.
5. How are the poems in "Sonnets to Orpheus" (Book 1, Chapter 8) named?
(a) Themes in the poem.
(b) Roman numerals.
(c) Key words.
(d) Combinations of numbers.
6. In what years were the "Uncollected Poems" written?
(a) 1910-1916.
(b) 1926-1928.
(c) 1913-1918.
(d) 1990-1995.
7. In "The Bird Feeders," the poet emphasizes the value of __________.
(a) Schools.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Bird feeders.
8. What is the name of the poem that suggests that even going back to ancient times, there was hustle and bustle?
(a) "To Holderlin."
(b) "Straining so hard...."
(c) "To Music."
(d) "Ariel."
9. According to Rilke's suggestion, which of the following should be used to remember Orpheus?
(a) A large memorial site.
(b) Dead ornaments.
(c) Feasts.
(d) Live roses.
10. The poems in Book 1, Chapter 7 are listed as being written during ____________.
(a) 1900 and 1908.
(b) 1911 and 1915.
(c) 1910 and 1922.
(d) 1912 and 1922.
11. In what year were the poems in "Sonnets to Orpheus" written?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1935.
12. In Rilke's poem, what type of activity is feeding birds?
(a) Mean-spirited.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Forgiving.
(d) Good.
13. What is similar about each elegy in Book 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Diction.
(b) Subject.
(c) Setting.
(d) Length.
14. How many elegies are contained in Chapter 7?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.
15. In Rilke's poem, who did the prodigal son feel bound by?
(a) Those who loved him.
(b) Those who disparaged him publicly.
(c) Those who respected him.
(d) Those who hated him.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does Rilke use in his elegies to move readers?
2. What is the poem about faces called?
3. Each elegy is named with ___________________.
4. What is the subject of sonnet II-8?
5. In "Ariel" which stanza is the longest?
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