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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Dragon-Princess," Rilke writes "That mankind has in this sense been cowardly has done life endless _____."
(a) Harm.
(b) Death.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Error.

2. The commentator notes that all of the poems in "Rilke's Poems on Love" were written when he was how old?
(a) His fifties.
(b) His twenties.
(c) His forties and fifties.
(d) His thirties and forties.

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

4. What term describes the following example from "The Seven Phallic Poems"? "Daring landscape, such as an inner-seer/beholds in a crystal ball."
(a) Irony.
(b) Prose.
(c) Simile.
(d) Contrast.

5. In what year did Rilke write "The Seven Phallic Poems"?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1905.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has the fear of the inexplicable also impoverished, according to Rilke?

3. In one of the untitled love poems, Rilke writes, "What fields are fragrant as your ______?"

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

5. What shall we "indeed turn" upon recognizing our solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

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