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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dragon-Princess.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that quite at the end of life, one might be able to write how many verses that were good?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

2. What does Rilke write about in conjunction with love and sex in Part VI of "The Seven Phallic Poems"?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Death.
(d) Worry.

3. According to Rilke, there is "scarcely anything more difficult" than what?
(a) To stand alone.
(b) To leave one's love.
(c) To love one another.
(d) To birth a child.

4. What author does Rilke refer to in "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Poe.
(d) Byron.

5. Rilke writes that most people only know a corner of their room, and thus have a certain what?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Love.
(c) Security.
(d) Blindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the earliest figures of feminism who was friends with Rilke?

2. What does Rilke write "that rushed along on high and flew with all the stars"?

3. How does the poet refer to childhood days to recall in "Blood-Remembering"?

4. Rilke writes in one letter, "Almost everything ______ is difficult, and everything is _______."

5. This first poem in "Rilke's Poems on Other Difficulties" is titled what?

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