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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. In the first elegy, what happens to the images as the poem continues?
(a) They become less descriptive.
(b) They grow more spacious and remain descriptive.
(c) They become more reluctant to reveal information to the reader.
(d) They become more confusing and deluded.

2. Who was the Greek mistress of the elegiac verse form?
(a) Elega.
(b) Legise.
(c) Elegais.
(d) Elegis.

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

4. What topic does the first elegy introduce?
(a) Love.
(b) Demons.
(c) Angels.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the poems published in Book 1, Chapter 2 ?

2. Which animal is described as being a restless captive?

3. In which poem is it relevant that religion has changed since Greek mythology?

4. What is the annexation of Bohemia compared to in the introduction?

5. What is the subject of sonnet II-8?

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