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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 8, Sonnets to Orpheus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is most unique to Rilke?
(a) Voice.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Diction.
(d) Format.

2. Which of the following is the name of one of Rilke's poems?
(a) "Apollo. Hermes. Eurydice."
(b) "Saint. Hermes. Alcestis."
(c) "Orpheus. Alcestis. Apollo."
(d) "Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes."

3. Which adjective best describes both of the poems about the human condition in Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Complex.
(b) Meaningless.
(c) Short.
(d) Unintentional.

4. In one paragraph in the poem about faces, what has a woman fallen into?
(a) A well.
(b) Herself.
(c) A dark hole.
(d) An ocean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first elegy, what happens to the images as the poem continues?

2. Which of the following do not describe a poem in Rilke's book?

3. In Rilke's poem, what type of activity is feeding birds?

4. In "Requiem for a Friend," what moves the narrative character to travel?

5. In "Ariel" which stanza is the longest?

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