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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which poem does Rilke begin, "She who sleeps... To be so very awake, / near pure waking, that we into sleepers grow"?
(a) "Greek Love-Talk."
(b) "Music."
(c) "Magic."
(d) "The Lovers."

2. In the introduction to "Rilke's Poems on Love," the commentator states that Rilke's imagery is all what?
(a) Earthly.
(b) Heavenly.
(c) Surreal.
(d) Unnatural.

3. Who is one of the earliest figures of feminism who was friends with Rilke?
(a) Ellen Page.
(b) Victoria Ellison.
(c) Ellen Kay.
(d) Sarah Albright.

4. In one of the untitled love poems, Rilke writes, "What fields are fragrant as your ______?"
(a) Kiss.
(b) Lips.
(c) Hands.
(d) Eyes.

5. In "From the Cycle: Nights," Rilke personifies "Night" as what?
(a) A lover.
(b) A bird.
(c) A river.
(d) A doom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what poem does Rilke write "Life and death: they are one, at core intertwined"?

2. In "The Poet Praises," Rilke writes, "Maidens, you warm ones, maidens, you mute and dumb, / dance the taste of the experienced _____!"

3. What is the title of the poem which begins, "Center, how you draw yourself out"?

4. When did Rilke undertake "the great giving"?

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

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