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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 2, New Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the women in Rilke's poem about ancient women overcome?
(a) Pressures of education.
(b) Raising children.
(c) Bad reputations.
(d) Restrictive roles.

2. Which family member does Rilke dedicate a poem to?
(a) Father.
(b) Brother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

3. Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of the gazelle poem?
(a) The rhyme scheme was somewhat preserved in translation.
(b) The vocabulary is very tense, so the rhyme is overlooked.
(c) Rilke did not intend to rhyme, but he did.
(d) Rilke did not rhyme, but the translator did.

4. Which of the following poems has the theme of being held back?
(a) The poem about the swan.
(b) The poem about ancient women.
(c) The poem about the gazelle.
(d) The poem about the panther.

5. Who might find the introduction before the poems most informative?
(a) Those who do not know about Bohemia or Rilke.
(b) Those who do not know about poem format.
(c) Those who do not agree with Rilke's opinions.
(d) Those who do not know about Germany's wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which way are the poems in the book presented?

2. What is a result of the discrepancy in translation in "I am the Anxious One"?

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

4. In the poem about the gazelle, which of the following is included?

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

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