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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Writing of one of his principle motifs, the poet writes, "Transform stamen on stamen, / fill your interior _____."
(a) Rose.
(b) Death.
(c) Heart.
(d) Pitcher.

2. Which poem begins, "See how in their veins all becomes spirit"?
(a) "Woman's Lament I."
(b) "The Lovers."
(c) "The Seven Phallic Poems."
(d) "Greek Love-Talk."

3. The commentator remarks in the Introduction, "It should be emphasized that Rilke's language is thoroughly _______."
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Narrow.
(c) Explicit.
(d) Sensual.

4. On what word does Mood focus in examining the ambiguity of "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) Until.
(b) Perhaps.
(c) Hope.
(d) Maybe.

5. In one untitled poem of "Rilke's Poems on Other Difficulties," Rilke writes, "Play the ____, the single ones, quickly and you..."
(a) Kisses.
(b) Loves.
(c) Harps.
(d) Deaths.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rilke writes in "The Dragon-Princess," that "fear of the inexplicable has not alone ______ the existence of the individual."

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

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

5. Which poem begins with the line, "And the last perhaps will not return"?

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