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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. What is the annexation of Bohemia compared to in the introduction?
(a) American rule of Native Americans.
(b) The relationship between America and Canada.
(c) British rule of Ireland.
(d) Hitler's reign.

2. What is the tone of "Requiem for a Friend"?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Pondering.
(c) Fear.
(d) Joy.

3. Which of the following is a characteristic of the abnormal women in Rilke's poem?
(a) Beautifully dressed.
(b) Writers.
(c) Married.
(d) Educated.

4. What type of religion is Bavaria known for?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes Rilke in the second stanza of "I am the Anxious One'?

2. How did the Bohemians feel about the country being annexed?

3. In the poem about faces, what do vast numbers of things appear to be?

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

5. In one paragraph in the poem about faces, what has a woman fallen into?

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