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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 7, Duino Elegies.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following feelings is not experienced by the poet in the first elegy of Book 1, Chapter 7?
(a) Joy.
(b) Remorse.
(c) Unworthiness.
(d) Guilt.

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

4. What name is used in Rilke's poetry that has been passed down through Greek tragedies?
(a) Creon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Alcestis.
(d) Eurydice.

5. Which of the following is the name of one of Rilke's poems?
(a) "Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes."
(b) "Orpheus. Alcestis. Apollo."
(c) "Apollo. Hermes. Eurydice."
(d) "Saint. Hermes. Alcestis."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author of Greek tragedies?

2. In the elegy, Rilke wonders if an angel will hear _______.

3. The poems in Book 1, Chapter 7 are listed as being written during ____________.

4. Which of the following does Rilke use in his elegies to move readers?

5. Which word is associated with the women described in Rilke's poem about the Greek women?

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