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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. What line follows from "And so you died, as women used to die"?
(a) During labor, the lament we omitted.
(b) Can you still hear me in death?
(c) In the streets, like an animal.
(d) At home, in your own warm bedroom.

2. What is the poem about faces called?
(a) "Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge."
(b) "Faceless."
(c) "Faces."
(d) "The Bird Feeders."

3. In Rilke's poem, what do bird feeders represent?
(a) A romantic and passionate love.
(b) A relationship with God.
(c) A love for one's child.
(d) Ignorance of the real world.

4. In poems I-8 and I-25, which themes are united?
(a) Fright and content.
(b) Happiness and sadness.
(c) Praise and grief.
(d) Anger and hunger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many parts is "Uncollected Poems" divided into?

2. How long is Rilke's poem about the abnormal women?

3. How did the women described in Rilke's poem about the ancient women dress?

4. In what year were the poems in "Sonnets to Orpheus" written?

5. In which instrument does Rilke believe Orpheus is perceivable?

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