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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 6, Uncollected Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following do not describe a poem in Rilke's book?
(a) A panther in a cage.
(b) A clown in the park trying to make a living.
(c) Time of day.
(d) Rilke's father before Rilke was born.

3. Who annexed Rilke's part of Czech Bohemia with World War I?
(a) Russia.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Austria.

4. Where was Rilke from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Bohemia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Australia.

5. 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?

Short Answer Questions

1. In the case of those poems with no titles, what is used as a reference?

2. In the poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo," the poet is most similar to __________.

3. What is Apollo the god of in Greek mythology?

4. According to Rilke, what do poems written in one's youth lack?

5. In "Requiem for a Friend," which of the following is left unclear?

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