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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke : Chapter 8, Sonnets to Orpheus.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does the poet ask, "Tell me, must I travel?"
(a) A dead friend.
(b) A god.
(c) A parent.
(d) A lover.

3. Where was Rilke from?
(a) Bohemia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Australia.

4. What is the German 'Angstlicher' referring to?
(a) Somebody who does not understand anxiety.
(b) City of Time.
(c) Somebody who is always anxious.
(d) Somebody having a feeling in a way that is a noun.

5. What is "Requiem for a Friend" about?
(a) Fear when a baby is born.
(b) Love for a best friend.
(c) Failure to save somebody.
(d) Fear after somebody has died.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem about the gazelle, which of the following is included?

2. What is the main difference between the English and German poems?

3. When Orpheus is called in one of the sonnets, who gathers to listen in silence?

4. In which poem is it relevant that religion has changed since Greek mythology?

5. What is the tone of "Requiem for a Friend"?

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