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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the last of the untitled love poems, the poet writes, "Do you feel, distant dear miss, / since you are _______ me."
(a) Reading.
(b) Caressing.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Loving.

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

4. What does the poet say in his untitled poem to do with that which, "offers itself to us with starlight"?
(a) Take it seriously.
(b) Hide from it.
(c) Let it be free.
(d) Cry with it.

5. Rilke writes in "The Dragon-Princess," "We have no reason to mistrust our world, for it is not _______."
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Killing us.
(c) Against us.
(d) Deadly.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what collection is "The Poet Praises" taken?

2. The poem "Gong" makes use of what literary technique?

3. In "The Seven Phallic Poems," who "grasps suddenly the bull bud of his vitality"?

4. Which poem begins, "See how in their veins all becomes spirit"?

5. The commentator concludes the introduction to Rilke's love poetry in saying, "Rilke's poetry is somewhat precious and even _______."

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