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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. In the poem in which the narrator is lying in bed, how many flights above ground is he or she?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.
2. What is the subject of sonnet II-8?
(a) Anger.
(b) Orpheus and the lyre.
(c) Diaphonous girl.
(d) Childhood playmates.
3. Which of the following is lacking in Rilke's elegies?
(a) Diction.
(b) Structure.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Figurative language.
4. Which of the following is a line from the poem "To Holderlin"?
(a) We are not permitted to linger.
(b) We must endure trial and tribulation.
(c) We are allowed to be together for but a minute
(d) We are not permitted to be intimate.
5. In which poem is there an allusion to "The Tempest"?
(a) "Straining So Hard..."
(b) "To Music."
(c) "Ariel."
(d) "To Holderlin."
Short Answer Questions
1. In Book 1, Chapter 5, what does Rilke intentionally use to describe a short scene from real life?
2. In Rilke's description of supplication, from whom does the man expect to receive assistance?
3. In the elegy, Rilke wonders if an angel will hear _______.
4. In the poem about faces, what do vast numbers of things appear to be?
5. How does Rilke make up for writing in generalized poetic form?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Rilke give in to tradition while writing, as exemplified in his elegies?
2. What is "Faces" about?
3. What is the message behind "For the Sake of a Single Poem"?
4. What frustrations does Rilke mention in his sonnets?
5. What is "The Prodigal Son" about?
6. What allusions does Rilke use in his poems, especially in the poem "Ariel"?
7. Who does the invisible 'you' reference in the first poem in "Sonnets to Orpheus"?
8. Why do you think that only some poems have titles?
9. What is the difference between a poem and prose?
10. What types of fears does Rilke speak to in "Fears"?
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