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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. According to Rilke's poem, how did the prodigal son grow up?
(a) Unappreciatively.
(b) Mistreated.
(c) Well-loved.
(d) Fearful.

2. Which of the following seems to have inspired Rilke the most?
(a) American culture.
(b) France.
(c) Grecian region.
(d) War.

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

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

5. What does the author express in "Requiem for a Friend"?
(a) Grief.
(b) Anger.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem in which the narrator is lying in bed, how many flights above ground is he or she?

2. In the poem "I am the Anxious One," which stanza is the longest?

3. In Book 1, Chapter 5, what does Rilke intentionally use to describe a short scene from real life?

4. What does the layout of the page show the reader about modern poetry?

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

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