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

2. Which of the following people does Rilke paint a picture of through poetry?
(a) His country's leader.
(b) Himself.
(c) His favorite pet.
(d) His mother.

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

4. What is the name of the author of Greek tragedies?
(a) Oedipus Rex.
(b) Alcestis.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Sophocles.

5. What does the panther serve to be a symbol of?
(a) Natural power.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) The sun rising each morning.
(d) The German legal system.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Rilke's poem about the abnormal women?

2. In Greek mythology, what did the sun readily take on the guise of?

3. In which poem is personification most relevant?

4. Which of the following describes the ancient women?

5. Who annexed Rilke's part of Czech Bohemia with World War I?

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