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Rainer Maria Rilke (poet)
  • 1. When did Rainer Maria Rilke pass away?
A) 1926
B) 1900
C) 1945
D) 1960
  • 2. What is the name of Rilke's only novel?
A) The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
B) In Search of Lost Time
C) 1984
D) To the Lighthouse
  • 3. What language did Rilke primarily write in?
A) German
B) Italian
C) English
D) Spanish
  • 4. Who was Rilke's mentor and lover for a period of time?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Lou Andreas-Salomé
D) George Orwell
  • 5. What was Rilke's primary literary genre?
A) Poetry
B) Drama
C) Fiction
D) Non-fiction
  • 6. Rilke's final volume of poetry was published posthumously in 1927 with the title:
A) Paradise Lost
B) The Waste Land
C) Sonnets to Orpheus
D) The Iliad
  • 7. What is the pen name under which Rilke published his first book of poems at the age of 19?
A) Michael Maria Rilke
B) René Maria Rilke
C) Lucas Maria Rilke
D) David Maria Rilke
  • 8. Who was Rilke's father?
A) Josef Rilke
B) Alexander Rilke
C) Maximilian Rilke
D) Frederick Rilke
  • 9. What was the cause of Rilke's death?
A) Diabetes
B) Pneumonia
C) Heart attack
D) Leukemia
  • 10. Where is Rilke buried?
A) Paris, France
B) Prague, Czech Republic
C) Raron, Switzerland
D) Vienna, Austria
  • 11. What was the title of Rilke's most famous collection of poems?
A) Sonnets to Orpheus
B) Duino Elegies
C) Book of Hours
D) The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke
  • 12. Where was Rilke born?
A) Prague, Czech Republic
B) Zurich, Switzerland
C) Vienna, Austria
D) Paris, France
  • 13. Rilke spent time in which country seeking artistic inspiration?
A) Russia
B) Italy
C) Greece
D) Spain
  • 14. Rilke was deeply influenced by the teachings of which philosopher?
A) Karl Marx
B) Immanuel Kant
C) Jean-Paul Sartre
D) Friedrich Nietzsche
  • 15. In which year did Rilke receive the prestigious patronage of the Princess Maria von Thurn und Taxis?
A) 1910
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1900
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