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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what fruit does Rilke write of in "The Poet Praises"?
(a) Grapefruit.
(b) Strawberry.
(c) Banana.
(d) Orange.

2. In what form is "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) A poem.
(b) A short-story.
(c) A letter.
(d) A novel.

3. Rilke writes in "The Seven Phallic Poems," "We close ______ by means of our gazes."
(a) A circle.
(b) The night.
(c) Our blankets.
(d) Our lips.

4. In "Rilke's Poems on Other Difficulties," Rilke writes in one poem from 1924, "We are not to know why / this and that _____ us."
(a) Weakens.
(b) Masters.
(c) Empowers.
(d) Strengthens.

5. When did Rilke undertake "the great giving"?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1922.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke write in Part V of "The Seven Phallic Poems" has "weakened you and me"?

2. In Part III of "The Seven Phallic Poems," Rilke writes, "Granted by you, the image of the ____ stands/at the gentle crossroads under my clothes."

3. What author does Rilke refer to in "The Dragon-Princess"?

4. Of what excerpt does Mood write is "the most affirmative passage of nonfiction prose I have ever come across"?

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

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