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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) Light.
(b) Infinite.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Shallow.

2. According to the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1, what can be found in all things in life?
(a) Hatred.
(b) The divine.
(c) Romance.
(d) Anxiety.

3. Which of the following would be an analogy used in Rilke's poetry for the way religion has changed?
(a) Owning animals instead of worshipping them.
(b) Laying out in the sun as opposed to worshipping it.
(c) Changing one's appearance instead of accepting it.
(d) Getting an education when simpler people are happier.

4. What are the ancient women that Rilke describes called?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Heterae.
(c) Hetrio.
(d) Hermetia.

5. Which word best describes Rilke in the second stanza of "I am the Anxious One'?
(a) A builder.
(b) A complainer.
(c) A lover.
(d) A dreamer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the German 'Angstlicher' referring to?

2. According to Rilke's poem, how did the prodigal son grow up?

3. In what year was Book 1, Chapter 5 written?

4. When the narrative character speaks to women in the streets, where do they speak from?

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

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