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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the second of "The Seven Phallic Poems," who does the poet claim is "drawing my seed up into an abrupt tree"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Love.
(c) A maiden.
(d) A garden.

3. In an untitled poem from "Rilke's Poems on Other Difficulties," Rilke writes, "Great star of love's priestesses, which _____ kindles from its own right."
(a) Heartbreak.
(b) Feeling.
(c) Misery.
(d) Beauty.

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

5. This first poem in "Rilke's Poems on Other Difficulties" is titled what?
(a) "The Poet Praises."
(b) "The Poems Praise."
(c) "The Poet Speaks of Praising."
(d) "The Cycle of Night."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part IV of "The Seven Phallic Poems," the poet writes, "You don't know ______, with your diffidence."

2. In what year did Rilke write "The Seven Phallic Poems"?

3. Unlike the characters in Poe's stories, Rilke writes that we are not what?

4. 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."

5. What sculptor had an influence on Rilke's writing?

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