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

2. What "gesture" must one know in order to write?
(a) Of the music.
(b) With which the flowers open.
(c) Of the rivers running.
(d) Of the seas.

3. What does Rilke write "that rushed along on high and flew with all the stars"?
(a) Childbirth.
(b) Days of wandering.
(c) Kisses of beauty.
(d) Nights of travel.

4. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that quite at the end of life, one might be able to write how many verses that were good?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

5. Rilke writes in one letter, "Almost everything ______ is difficult, and everything is _______."
(a) Love.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Serious.
(d) Sensual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mood compare "the wise old age" to in the introduction to "Blood-Remembering"?

2. In what year was Rilke born?

3. What does Rilke write about in conjunction with love and sex in Part VI of "The Seven Phallic Poems"?

4. On what word does Mood focus in examining the ambiguity of "The Dragon-Princess"?

5. Over what does the poet write, "we will together contend" in "Greek Love-Talk"?

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