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