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

2. 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 redemption.
(d) Path to contentment.

3. What is the subject of sonnet II-8?
(a) Diaphonous girl.
(b) Childhood playmates.
(c) Anger.
(d) Orpheus and the lyre.

4. Which of the following describes the ancient women?
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Pro-feminist.
(d) Dancers.

5. What do the poems about animals serve to do most?
(a) Study the movements they make.
(b) Emphasize how captivity is bad for animals.
(c) Advertise for a zoo.
(d) Pay homage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which poem is personification most relevant?

3. What season is mentioned in the first line of sonnet II-13?

4. What topic does the first elegy introduce?

5. Which of the following is a line from the poem "To Holderlin"?

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