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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. What is Apollo the god of in Greek mythology?
(a) Education, summer, and trees.
(b) Medicine, anger, winter.
(c) Reading, writing, arithmetic.
(d) Sun, healing, and music.

2. Which word best describes Rilke in the second stanza of "I am the Anxious One'?
(a) A complainer.
(b) A lover.
(c) A builder.
(d) A dreamer.

3. Who might find the introduction before the poems most informative?
(a) Those who do not know about Germany's wars.
(b) Those who do not agree with Rilke's opinions.
(c) Those who do not know about Bohemia or Rilke.
(d) Those who do not know about poem format.

4. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) "Time Square."
(b) "The City of Time."
(c) "Anxious One."
(d) "The Hours."

5. What does the author express in "Requiem for a Friend"?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Grief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of the last poem in Book 1, Chapter 3?

3. Why does the narrator admire the dead person in "Requiem for a Friend"?

4. Which word is associated with the women described in Rilke's poem about the Greek women?

5. What are the ancient women that Rilke describes called?

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