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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 included in the final poem of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Space and stars.
(b) Sea animals.
(c) Various religious figures.
(d) Roofs and floors.

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

3. According to the poet, what is the main concern of the living?
(a) Joy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Death.
(d) Fear.

4. How long is Rilke's poem about the abnormal women?
(a) Less than 20 lines.
(b) Several pages.
(c) More than 40 lines.
(d) More than one chapter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the swan symbolize?

2. Which of the following is a line from "I am the Anxious One"?

3. What became of Bohemia?

4. Which poem has the following line: "Then all at once the messenger is there"?

5. What line follows from "And so you died, as women used to die"?

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