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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 of the following seems to have inspired Rilke the most?
(a) Grecian region.
(b) War.
(c) American culture.
(d) France.

2. When was Book 1, Chapter 1 written?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1905.

3. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) "Good Poems II."
(b) "New Poems II."
(c) "Myth."
(d) "Black Cat."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rilke feel at the beginning of "I am the Anxious One"?

2. What is the name of the author of Greek tragedies?

3. In the poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo," the poet is most similar to __________.

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

5. In which poem is personification most relevant?

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