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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The commentator concludes the introduction to Rilke's love poetry in saying, "Rilke's poetry is somewhat precious and even _______."
(a) Romantic.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Ephemeral.
(d) Effiminate.

2. What does the translator comment in the Prologue that his translations of Rilke are?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Inadequate.
(c) Exact.
(d) Eloquent.

3. In the poem, "Mausoleum," what punctuation does Rilke use in a nontraditional way, at the beginning of two lines?
(a) A colon.
(b) A comma.
(c) A period.
(d) A semicolon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike the characters in Poe's stories, Rilke writes that we are not what?

2. "Woman's Lament II" ends with the line, "and the ________ is not in vain."

3. What must "one know" in order to write a single verse?

4. What "gesture" must one know in order to write?

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

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