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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 5, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem about faces, what do vast numbers of things appear to be?
(a) Shallow.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Light.
(d) Infinite.

2. What follows from "I have my dead"?
(a) And I keep them close.
(b) And I have let them go.
(c) And I want to die.
(d) And I let them live.

3. In the poem where the narrator is lying in bed, which item describes the narrator's day?
(a) An animal with no home.
(b) A bird with one leg.
(c) A door with no knob.
(d) A clock-face with no hands.

4. What line follows from "And so you died, as women used to die"?
(a) At home, in your own warm bedroom.
(b) Can you still hear me in death?
(c) During labor, the lament we omitted.
(d) In the streets, like an animal.

5. What of the following are not themes in Rilke's poems in Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Women.
(b) Weather.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following seems to have inspired Rilke the most?

2. In Greek mythology, what did the sun readily take on the guise of?

3. Which of the following describes the ancient women?

4. How old is Rilke's family member in the poem that describes them?

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

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