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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke : Chapter 9, More Sonnets to Orpheus.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the poet become frustrated by in "Sonnets to Orpheus"?
(a) HIs lack of love.
(b) His inability to be an animal.
(c) The limits of being a human.
(d) His conscience.

5. In the second poem of "More Sonnets to Orpheus," what type of path is Rilke describing?
(a) Path to enlightenment.
(b) Path to another country.
(c) Path to contentment.
(d) Path to redemption.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Rilke's poem, what type of activity is feeding birds?

2. In Rilke's poem, what do bird feeders represent?

3. Who is described as being "like a thief climbing in my window"?

4. Who is Rilke describing with the following line: "Praising is what matters! He was summoned for that"?

5. The "diaphonous girl" appears to be a part of __________.

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