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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. Where does "I am the Anxious One" end?
(a) City of Rain.
(b) City of Time.
(c) City of Weeps.
(d) City of Dreams.

2. What line follows from "And so you died, as women used to die"?
(a) In the streets, like an animal.
(b) At home, in your own warm bedroom.
(c) During labor, the lament we omitted.
(d) Can you still hear me in death?

3. What is the annexation of Bohemia compared to in the introduction?
(a) Hitler's reign.
(b) The relationship between America and Canada.
(c) British rule of Ireland.
(d) American rule of Native Americans.

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

5. Which of the following poems has the theme of being held back?
(a) The poem about the swan.
(b) The poem about ancient women.
(c) The poem about the gazelle.
(d) The poem about the panther.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is used in Rilke's poetry that has been passed down through Greek tragedies?

2. What language did Rilke speak living in Bohemia?

3. Which adjective best describes both of the poems about the human condition in Book 1, Chapter 2?

4. What is the German 'Angstlicher' referring to?

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

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