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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Rilke's poem about the abnormal women?
(a) Less than 20 lines.
(b) More than one chapter.
(c) More than 40 lines.
(d) Several pages.

2. Which of the following would be an analogy used in Rilke's poetry for the way religion has changed?
(a) Owning animals instead of worshipping them.
(b) Getting an education when simpler people are happier.
(c) Changing one's appearance instead of accepting it.
(d) Laying out in the sun as opposed to worshipping it.

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

4. What is the name of the author of Greek tragedies?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Oedipus Rex.
(d) Alcestis.

5. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) "Time Square."
(b) "Anxious One."
(c) "The City of Time."
(d) "The Hours."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Greek mythology, what did the sun readily take on the guise of?

2. What is the narrator willing to look in the face in "Requiem for a Friend"?

3. Which of the following is the first poem in Book 1, Chapter 4?

4. Where does "I am the Anxious One" end?

5. What is the name of Book 1, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the diction in "Buddha in Glory"?

2. Describe the rhyming scheme of the poem in which the gazelle is the subject.

3. Describe Rainer Marie Rilke's background.

4. How does Rilke describe the gazelle in the poem in which it is the subject?

5. How does the tone change in "I am the Anxious One"?

6. What is the classical theme that Rilke presents in both "Alcestis" and "Archaic Torso of Apollo"?

7. How does the author change from the first stanza to the second in "I am the Anxious One"?

8. How does Rilke describe death in "Requiem for a Friend"?

9. What does the narrator of "Requiem for a Friend" admire about Paula?

10. How is the panther portrayed in the poem in which it is the subject?

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