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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mood writes in "The Difficulty of Dying," that Rilke says of lovers, "Being full of life, ... are full of ____."
(a) Breath.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Death.

2. What is the "romantic notion held by many young people," that Mood speaks of in introducing "Blood-Remembering"?
(a) That life is meaningful without love.
(b) That one needs only to experience things in order to know them.
(c) The the answers exist.
(d) That the answers lie in the ink.

3. How old was Rilke when he wrote "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) His twenties.
(b) His thirties.
(c) His forties.
(d) His teens.

4. Rilke writes, "So for him who becomes solitary, all distances, all measures ____."
(a) Evolve.
(b) Grow.
(c) Change.
(d) Expand.

5. From what comes the line, "Murderers are / easily comprehended"?
(a) The Seven Phallic Poems.
(b) Sonnets to Orpheus.
(c) Duino Elegies.
(d) Letters to a Young Poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mood writes in "The Difficulty of Dying," that Rilke had been fascinated by "that circling _____."

2. In "The Dragon-Princess," Rilke writes "That mankind has in this sense been cowardly has done life endless _____."

3. Rilke wrote less about the craft of writing than what, according to Mood?

4. What does Mood compare "the wise old age" to in the introduction to "Blood-Remembering"?

5. In "Blood-Remembering," from what comes poetry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mood preface "Blood-Remembering" with, in discussing the poet?

2. What word does Mood focus on regarding Rilke's writing of "The Dragon-Princess"?

3. What does "Blood-Remembering" mean?

4. From what text is "Blood-Remembering" taken? What character is speaking?

5. Of what does Rilke say regarding insecurity in human relationships in "The Dragon-Princess"?

6. In "Blood-Remembering," what does Rilke write about the young as writers?

7. In "Blood-Remembering," what is the author's discussion of writing from "feelings"?

8. What does Rilke speak of initially regarding solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

9. What metaphor does Rilke use in describing solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

10. What does Mood discuss in the introduction to "The Dragon-Princess"?

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