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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke : Chapter 9, More Sonnets to Orpheus.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "The Bird Feeders," the poet emphasizes the value of __________.
(a) Schools.
(b) Children.
(c) Bird feeders.
(d) Women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first elegy, what happens to the images as the poem continues?

2. In "Ariel" which stanza is the longest?

3. In II-24, what does Rilke set the divine against?

4. Which of the following would be an analogy used in Rilke's poetry for the way religion has changed?

5. Which of the following is the title of a poem in "Uncollected Poems"?

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