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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke : Chapter 4, Requiem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the first poem in Book 1, Chapter 4?
(a) "Requiem for a Friend."
(b) "Discourse of Fruit."
(c) "Traveling in a Dream."
(d) "Poem for Marie."

2. In "Requiem for a Friend," what moves the narrative character to travel?
(a) The memory of a friend.
(b) The memory of a lost home.
(c) The memory of a beloved pet.
(d) The loss of a parent.

3. What is the name of the author of Greek tragedies?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Oedipus Rex.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Alcestis.

4. What is a result of the discrepancy in translation in "I am the Anxious One"?
(a) Regret.
(b) Complexity.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Expansion.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which poem is it relevant that religion has changed since Greek mythology?

3. Which of the following people does Rilke paint a picture of through poetry?

4. What is the narrator willing to look in the face in "Requiem for a Friend"?

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

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