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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 different between Book 1, Chapters 1 and 2?
(a) Tone.
(b) Quality.
(c) Poem length.
(d) Literary techniques.

2. Which of the following is evident in Rilke's poems?
(a) Imagination combined with knowledge.
(b) Faith combined with imagination.
(c) Pure research.
(d) Knowledge combined with contempt.

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

4. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) "Anxious One."
(b) "Time Square."
(c) "The Hours."
(d) "The City of Time."

5. Which of the following do not describe a poem in Rilke's book?
(a) Time of day.
(b) A clown in the park trying to make a living.
(c) Rilke's father before Rilke was born.
(d) A panther in a cage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rilke feel at the beginning of "I am the Anxious One"?

2. Which of the following would be an analogy used in Rilke's poetry for the way religion has changed?

3. Which poem has the following line: "Then all at once the messenger is there"?

4. What is the translation of "Black Cat," as shown in the translated version of the poem?

5. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 3?

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