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

2. Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of the gazelle poem?
(a) The vocabulary is very tense, so the rhyme is overlooked.
(b) The rhyme scheme was somewhat preserved in translation.
(c) Rilke did not rhyme, but the translator did.
(d) Rilke did not intend to rhyme, but he did.

3. In which poem is it relevant that religion has changed since Greek mythology?
(a) "Orpheus."
(b) "Schwarze Katze."
(c) "Black Cat."
(d) "Archaic Torso of Apollo."

4. Which of the following is the first poem in Book 1, Chapter 4?
(a) "Traveling in a Dream."
(b) "Poem for Marie."
(c) "Discourse of Fruit."
(d) "Requiem for a Friend."

5. What type of fears are addressed in the poem "Fears"?
(a) Adult.
(b) Fake.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the poet, what is the main concern of the living?

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

3. Why does the narrator admire the dead person in "Requiem for a Friend"?

4. What does the author express in "Requiem for a Friend"?

5. What are the ancient women that Rilke describes called?

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