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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 evident in Rilke's poems?
(a) Knowledge combined with contempt.
(b) Pure research.
(c) Faith combined with imagination.
(d) Imagination combined with knowledge.

2. In the poem about the gazelle, which of the following is included?
(a) A sonnet.
(b) A couplet.
(c) An epithet.
(d) An elegy.

3. Which poem has the following line: "Then all at once the messenger is there"?
(a) "Alcestis."
(b) "Black Cat."
(c) "The Flamingos."
(d) "Archaic Torso of Apollo."

4. What type of religion is Bavaria known for?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Baptist.

5. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) "Black Cat."
(b) "Good Poems II."
(c) "Myth."
(d) "New Poems II."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following poems has the theme of being held back?

2. What is the tone of "Requiem for a Friend"?

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

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

5. The author's message in "Requiem for a Friend" is that when something is lost, it is also _________.

(see the answer key)

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