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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. According to Rilke, Orpheus continues to live on in ___________.
(a) Food.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Women.
(d) Music.

2. In which poem is there an allusion to "The Tempest"?
(a) "To Music."
(b) "To Holderlin."
(c) "Ariel."
(d) "Straining So Hard..."

3. In one paragraph in the poem about faces, what has a woman fallen into?
(a) A well.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A dark hole.
(d) Herself.

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

5. Which of the following best describes the "diaphonous girl"?
(a) A symbol of speech.
(b) A symbol of knowledge.
(c) A symbol of listening.
(d) A symbol of sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke disregard in writing his elegies?

2. How are the poems in "Sonnets to Orpheus" (Book 1, Chapter 8) named?

3. How does Rilke suggest that learning can be improved?

4. What is the name of the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1?

5. What follows from "I have my dead"?

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