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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. Which of the following is included in the final poem of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Sea animals.
(b) Various religious figures.
(c) Roofs and floors.
(d) Space and stars.

2. Who annexed Rilke's part of Czech Bohemia with World War I?
(a) England.
(b) Austria.
(c) America.
(d) Russia.

3. Which word is associated with the women described in Rilke's poem about the Greek women?
(a) Bed-ridden.
(b) Unmarried.
(c) Unsuccessful.
(d) Homosexual.

4. 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.

5. What does the second stanza of "I am the Anxious One" focus on?
(a) Relationship.
(b) Pain.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the poems published in Book 1, Chapter 2 ?

2. Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of the gazelle poem?

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

4. Which of the following best describes the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1?

5. What language did Rilke speak living in Bohemia?

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