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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 is the new element introduced in "Requiem for a Friend"?
(a) Capital letters.
(b) Sentences.
(c) Paragraph indentations.
(d) Figurative language.

2. What is the name of the poem that suggests that even going back to ancient times, there was hustle and bustle?
(a) "Straining so hard...."
(b) "Ariel."
(c) "To Music."
(d) "To Holderlin."

3. In the elegy, Rilke wonders if an angel will hear _______.
(a) Amazement.
(b) Cries.
(c) Love.
(d) Anger.

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

5. What type of fears are addressed in the poem "Fears"?
(a) Adult.
(b) Fake.
(c) Religious.
(d) Childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following scenarios does Rilke use to describe pain?

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

3. What does Rilke disregard in writing his elegies?

4. Why does the narrator admire the dead person in "Requiem for a Friend"?

5. What type of religion is Bavaria known for?

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