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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 are the poems in Book 1, Chapter 5 written?
(a) In prose.
(b) In poem form.
(c) In song form.
(d) In short story form.

2. Who is Rilke describing with the following line: "Praising is what matters! He was summoned for that"?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Orpheus.
(d) Hermes.

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

4. What is the poem about faces called?
(a) "The Bird Feeders."
(b) "Faceless."
(c) "Faces."
(d) "Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge."

5. What is the name of the poem that suggests that even going back to ancient times, there was hustle and bustle?
(a) "To Music."
(b) "To Holderlin."
(c) "Ariel."
(d) "Straining so hard...."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is markedly distinct about "To Music"?

2. In the case of those poems with no titles, what is used as a reference?

3. Which of the following is most unique to Rilke?

4. How is "To Music" written?

5. Which of the following is lacking in Rilke's elegies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rilke create a dramatic tone in his sonnets?

2. How did the editors connect praise and grief when putting together Rilke's sonnets?

3. Describe "To Music."

4. Describe the elegy about angels.

5. What is the distinction between a poem and an elegy?

6. What allusions does Rilke use in his poems, especially in the poem "Ariel"?

7. What is the difference between a poem and prose?

8. What does Rilke mean when he refers to "pampered favorites"?

9. Which elegy is the most emotional and why?

10. How does Rilke give in to tradition while writing, as exemplified in his elegies?

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