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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blood-Remembering.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mood notes in his introduction to Rilke's poetry that the poet was "in no way an _______, nor in his life."
(a) Aesthete.
(b) Actor.
(c) Amateur.
(d) Artist.

2. The poem "Gong" makes use of what literary technique?
(a) Segmentation.
(b) Onomatapeia.
(c) Absurdism.
(d) Irony.

3. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering," One must be able to forget them when they are many and one must have the great _____ to wait until they come again."
(a) Fortitude.
(b) Patience.
(c) Strength.
(d) Will.

4. From what language has the author translated the poems and prose excerpts of "Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties"?
(a) Bohemian.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Austrian.

5. What of the sea does Rilke write of remembering in "Blood-Remembering"?
(a) Evenings.
(b) Sunsets.
(c) Lovemaking.
(d) Mornings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "romantic notion held by many young people," that Mood speaks of in introducing "Blood-Remembering"?

2. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that "verses are not, as people imagine," what?

3. What does Rilke write of "screams of women" in "Blood-Remembering"?

4. From what novel is the excerpt "Blood-Remembering" taken?

5. Who does Rilke say is incapable of such loving as he calls for?

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