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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. What is the name of Book 1, Chapter 4?
(a) "Requiem."
(b) "Dream."
(c) "Knowing."
(d) "Inconsistency."

2. Who is the poem "Ariel" named after?
(a) A Disney character.
(b) Rilke's daughter.
(c) Rilke's mother.
(d) A character in a play.

3. Which of the following is a characteristic of the abnormal women in Rilke's poem?
(a) Beautifully dressed.
(b) Married.
(c) Writers.
(d) Educated.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Requiem for a Friend" about?

2. How does Rilke make up for writing in generalized poetic form?

3. According to Rilke's suggestion, which of the following should be used to remember Orpheus?

4. What is the name of the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1?

5. In the poem in which the narrator is lying in bed, how many flights above ground is he or she?

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