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

2. What became of Bohemia?
(a) It became part of Russia.
(b) It was divided up among several different countries.
(c) It became Czechoslovakia.
(d) It became a part of Canada.

3. Which animal is described as being able to escape a more powerful animal?
(a) Bird.
(b) Panther.
(c) Swan.
(d) Gazelle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Rilke describe the gazelle in the poem?

4. Which of the following describes the ancient women?

5. What do the poems about animals serve to do most?

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