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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke : Chapter 3, New Poems II.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following describes the ancient women?
(a) Pro-feminist.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Dancers.
(d) Uneducated.

3. Which of the following scenarios does Rilke use to describe pain?
(a) The gazelle is graceful but must always run from predators.
(b) The panther is trapped, unable to exert his power.
(c) The swan can never find a real home.
(d) The pigeon is unable to find a nest.

4. Which animal is described as being able to escape a more powerful animal?
(a) Panther.
(b) Bird.
(c) Swan.
(d) Gazelle.

5. How did the Bohemians feel about the country being annexed?
(a) Confused.
(b) Tolerant.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Liberated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became of Bohemia?

2. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 2?

3. Which animal's motions are most notable through Rilke's poems?

4. In the poem about the abnormal women, which stanza is the longest?

5. Which of the following is a theme in "I am the Anxious One"?

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