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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) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

2. What does the commentator say was Rilke's mode of exploration during "the long periods between his well-known great creative bursts of energy"?
(a) Painting.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Sculpting.
(d) Letter-writing.

3. In what year was Rilke born?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1800.

4. Unlike the characters in Poe's stories, Rilke writes that we are not what?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Rats.
(c) Idiots.
(d) Slaves.

5. What does Rilke begin with in his discussion of "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Love.
(c) Patience.
(d) Virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke write that verses are in "Blood-Remembering"?

2. In what amount of time did Rilke write over 1,600 lines of poetry plus a major essay during "the great giving"?

3. What does Rilke suggest that the young are apt to do in love?

4. What does Rilke write of memories of parents in "Blood-Remembering"?

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

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