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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 8, Sonnets to Orpheus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following would be an analogy used in Rilke's poetry for the way religion has changed?
(a) Owning animals instead of worshipping them.
(b) Laying out in the sun as opposed to worshipping it.
(c) Changing one's appearance instead of accepting it.
(d) Getting an education when simpler people are happier.

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

3. In the second stanza of the first elegy in Book 1, Chapter 7, "A ____ rolled toward you."
(a) Springtime.
(b) Wave.
(c) God.
(d) Wheel.

4. According to Rilke, Orpheus continues to live on in ___________.
(a) Music.
(b) Women.
(c) Food.
(d) Paintings.

5. How does Rilke make up for writing in generalized poetic form?
(a) He introuces new characters randomly.
(b) He creates dynamic settings.
(c) He varies the tone from line to line.
(d) He varies line length.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The poems in Book 1, Chapter 7 are listed as being written during ____________.

4. When Orpheus is called in one of the sonnets, who gathers to listen in silence?

5. According to Rilke's poem, how did the prodigal son grow up?

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