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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. What is the name of Book 1, Chapter 4?
(a) "Inconsistency."
(b) "Dream."
(c) "Requiem."
(d) "Knowing."

2. In the poem "I am the Anxious One," which stanza is the longest?
(a) Second.
(b) First.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.

3. The author's message in "Requiem for a Friend" is that when something is lost, it is also _________.
(a) Preserved.
(b) Missed.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Hated.

4. In which way are the poems in the book presented?
(a) Alphabetical order.
(b) Chronologically.
(c) By subject.
(d) By the location in which they were written.

5. What is the main difference between the English and German poems?
(a) The translation has a different message.
(b) The German poems are completely different and impossible to translate to English.
(c) The translation uses weaker description.
(d) The German poems rhyme better than the translation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who answered questions on Apollo's behalf?

2. What did the women in Rilke's poem about ancient women overcome?

3. What does the author express in "Requiem for a Friend"?

4. What does the second stanza of "I am the Anxious One" focus on?

5. How does Rilke feel at the beginning of "I am the Anxious One"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is it important to know background information about Rainer Marie Rilke before reading the poems?

6. How does the author show genuine emotion in poetry, especially in Book 1, Chapter 5?

7. What is the significance of the women standing in their doorways in "Requiem for a Friend"?

8. What is the tone of the poem, "Archaic Torso of Apollo"?

9. What is the significance of the name Creon as it is used in "Alcestis"?

10. Describe the poem about Rilke's father in Book 1, Chapter 2.

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