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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. According to the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1, what can be found in all things in life?
(a) Romance.
(b) Hatred.
(c) The divine.
(d) Anxiety.

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

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

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

5. Which of the following is a theme in "I am the Anxious One"?
(a) Creating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Falling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1?

2. How did the Bohemians feel about the country being annexed?

3. What does the swan symbolize?

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

5. How did the women described in Rilke's poem about the ancient women dress?

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