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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 the tone of "Requiem for a Friend"?
(a) Pondering.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Excitement.

2. Which of the following is a characteristic of the abnormal women in Rilke's poem?
(a) Beautifully dressed.
(b) Writers.
(c) Educated.
(d) Married.

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

4. What became of Bohemia?
(a) It was divided up among several different countries.
(b) It became Czechoslovakia.
(c) It became a part of Canada.
(d) It became part of Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a theme in "I am the Anxious One"?

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

3. In Greek mythology, what did the sun readily take on the guise of?

4. In the poem about the abnormal women, which stanza is the longest?

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

(see the answer key)

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