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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In I-25, how does Rilke refer to a female character?
(a) Frivolous girl.
(b) Content girl.
(c) Angry girl.
(d) Dear girl.

2. In which poem is there an allusion to "The Tempest"?
(a) "To Holderlin."
(b) "To Music."
(c) "Straining So Hard..."
(d) "Ariel."

3. What does Rilke disregard in writing his elegies?
(a) Restraint.
(b) Poetic license.
(c) Expertise.
(d) Regard for syntax and sentence structure.

4. What does Rilke refer to as "pampered favorites"?
(a) Women who can work from home.
(b) Scenes of the natural world.
(c) Children who attend private school.
(d) Genuine emotions.

5. In Rilke's poem, what do bird feeders represent?
(a) A romantic and passionate love.
(b) A relationship with God.
(c) A love for one's child.
(d) Ignorance of the real world.

6. What marks each section of poems in "Uncollected Poems"?
(a) Roman numerals.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Words.
(d) Letters.

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

8. What is similar about each elegy in Book 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Subject.
(b) Diction.
(c) Length.
(d) Setting.

9. How are the poems in "Sonnets to Orpheus" (Book 1, Chapter 8) named?
(a) Key words.
(b) Combinations of numbers.
(c) Themes in the poem.
(d) Roman numerals.

10. How does Rilke make up for writing in generalized poetic form?
(a) He varies line length.
(b) He varies the tone from line to line.
(c) He introuces new characters randomly.
(d) He creates dynamic settings.

11. The "diaphonous girl" appears to be a part of __________.
(a) Rilke.
(b) Rilke's lover.
(c) Rilke's father.
(d) Rilke's best friend who died.

12. How many elegies are contained in Chapter 7?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

13. Which of the following is lacking in Rilke's elegies?
(a) Figurative language.
(b) Structure.
(c) Diction.
(d) Rhyme.

14. Which of the following is a line from the poem "To Holderlin"?
(a) We must endure trial and tribulation.
(b) We are allowed to be together for but a minute
(c) We are not permitted to linger.
(d) We are not permitted to be intimate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Orpheus is called in one of the sonnets, who gathers to listen in silence?

2. What is the name of the poem following "Ibsen"?

3. What does the layout of the page show the reader about modern poetry?

4. According to Rilke's poem, how did the prodigal son grow up?

5. In the second stanza of the first elegy in Book 1, Chapter 7, "A ____ rolled toward you."

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