The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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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 2, New Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Persuasive.
(b) Angry.
(c) Observation.
(d) Argument.

2. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) "These Animals."
(b) "Old Poems."
(c) "New Poems."
(d) "Ancient Women."

3. Who might find the introduction before the poems most informative?
(a) Those who do not know about Bohemia or Rilke.
(b) Those who do not agree with Rilke's opinions.
(c) Those who do not know about Germany's wars.
(d) Those who do not know about poem format.

4. How did the Bohemians feel about the country being annexed?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Tolerant.
(c) Liberated.
(d) Confused.

5. Which adjective best describes both of the poems about the human condition in Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Complex.
(b) Short.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Unintentional.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a result of the discrepancy in translation in "I am the Anxious One"?

2. What does the swan symbolize?

3. What is the name of the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1?

4. What of the following are not themes in Rilke's poems in Book 1, Chapter 2?

5. In the poem "I am the Anxious One," which stanza is the longest?

(see the answer key)

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