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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 5, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the panther serve to be a symbol of?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) The German legal system.
(c) Natural power.
(d) The sun rising each morning.

2. In Greek mythology, what did the sun readily take on the guise of?
(a) Worshippers.
(b) Wind.
(c) Church.
(d) Living man.

3. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) "Ancient Women."
(b) "These Animals."
(c) "New Poems."
(d) "Old Poems."

4. What is the origin of the poem that mentions Hermes?
(a) London.
(b) Africa.
(c) Mediterranean Sea.
(d) Indian Ocean.

5. Which of the following is the name of one of Rilke's poems?
(a) "Orpheus. Alcestis. Apollo."
(b) "Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes."
(c) "Apollo. Hermes. Eurydice."
(d) "Saint. Hermes. Alcestis."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following poems has the theme of being held back?

2. What does the swan symbolize?

3. What line follows from "And so you died, as women used to die"?

4. How are the poems in Book 1, Chapter 5 written?

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

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