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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The commentator concludes the introduction to Rilke's love poetry in saying, "Rilke's poetry is somewhat precious and even _______."
(a) Romantic.
(b) Ephemeral.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Effiminate.

2. In the seventh of "The Seven Phallic Poems," what does the poet write that his "semen climbs gladly like"?
(a) A child.
(b) A tree.
(c) A god.
(d) A tower.

3. What author does Rilke refer to in "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Poe.
(d) Byron.

4. In the poem, "Mausoleum," what punctuation does Rilke use in a nontraditional way, at the beginning of two lines?
(a) A period.
(b) A semicolon.
(c) A comma.
(d) A colon.

5. In "The Dragon-Princess," Rilke writes that the feeling one might have placed in total isolation, is "an abandonment to something inexpressible would almost ______ him."
(a) Annihilate.
(b) Dissipate.
(c) Overwhelm.
(d) Intensify.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mood writes that the affirmative tone of "The Dragon-Princess" comes from its ambiguity and what?

2. The first collection of poems in "Rilke's Poems on Love" is titled what?

3. In "From the Cycle: Nights," Rilke personifies "Night" as what?

4. Of what does Rilke write is, "to have courage for the most strange, most singular, and the most inexplicable that we may encounter"?

5. Rilke writes, "So for him who becomes solitary, all distances, all measures ____."

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