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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. Which poem has the following line: "You must change your life"?
(a) "Archaic Torso of Apollo."
(b) "Creon."
(c) "Black Cat."
(d) "The Flamingos."

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

3. In Book 1, Chapter 5, what does Rilke intentionally use to describe a short scene from real life?
(a) Irony.
(b) Diction.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Symbolism.

4. What is Apollo the god of in Greek mythology?
(a) Reading, writing, arithmetic.
(b) Education, summer, and trees.
(c) Medicine, anger, winter.
(d) Sun, healing, and music.

5. What type of religion is Bavaria known for?
(a) Mormon.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new element introduced in "Requiem for a Friend"?

2. The author's message in "Requiem for a Friend" is that when something is lost, it is also _________.

3. Who or what is directly referred to in II-28?

4. When was Book 1, Chapter 1 written?

5. Who is the poem "Ariel" named after?

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