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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following feelings is not experienced by the poet in the first elegy of Book 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Joy.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Unworthiness.
(d) Remorse.

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

4. What is sonnet II-4 about?
(a) Function of the mind.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Music.
(d) Education.

5. According to Rilke's poem, how did the prodigal son grow up?
(a) Unappreciatively.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Well-loved.
(d) Mistreated.

6. What is the poem about faces called?
(a) "Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge."
(b) "The Bird Feeders."
(c) "Faces."
(d) "Faceless."

7. How is "To Music" written?
(a) In long paragraphs.
(b) In one-word lines.
(c) In brief phrases.
(d) In short paragraphs.

8. Which of the following does Rilke use in his elegies to move readers?
(a) Irony.
(b) Illustrations.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Emotive language.

9. In what year were the poems in "Sonnets to Orpheus" written?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1914.

10. According to Rilke, Orpheus continues to live on in ___________.
(a) Food.
(b) Music.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Women.

11. What is the name of the poem following "Ibsen"?
(a) "The Sacraments of a Saint."
(b) "The Fate of a Saint."
(c) "The Fear of a Saint."
(d) "The Temptations of a Saint."

12. In what years were the "Uncollected Poems" written?
(a) 1913-1918.
(b) 1990-1995.
(c) 1926-1928.
(d) 1910-1916.

13. What is the name of the poem that suggests that even going back to ancient times, there was hustle and bustle?
(a) "To Music."
(b) "Ariel."
(c) "Straining so hard...."
(d) "To Holderlin."

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) "Nothing is so mute."
(d) "For gods do not entice."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is most unique to Rilke?

2. In the poem where the narrator is lying in bed, which item describes the narrator's day?

3. In Rilke's description of supplication, from whom does the man expect to receive assistance?

4. Which of the following is contained in the appendix of Book 1, Chapter 7?

5. What is markedly distinct about "To Music"?

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