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

2. Which animal's motions are most notable through Rilke's poems?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Gazelle.
(c) Panther.
(d) Swan.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does "I am the Anxious One" end?

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

4. Where was Rilke from?

5. Which animal is described as being able to escape a more powerful animal?

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