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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 3, New Poems II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which poem has the following line: "Then all at once the messenger is there"?
(a) "Archaic Torso of Apollo."
(b) "The Flamingos."
(c) "Alcestis."
(d) "Black Cat."

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

3. According to the poem about Lord in Book 1, Chapter 1, what can be found in all things in life?
(a) Romance.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) The divine.

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

5. What are the ancient women that Rilke describes called?
(a) Hetrio.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Heterae.
(d) Hermetia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal is described as being able to escape a more powerful animal?

2. Which of the following describes the ancient women?

3. What is the title of Book 1, Chapter 1?

4. In the poem about the gazelle, which of the following is included?

5. Who might find the introduction before the poems most informative?

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