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

2. In the excerpt of Rilke's letter in the Introduction, what essay does he refer to reading?
(a) Platos' Cave.
(b) Plato's Symposium.
(c) Homer's Odyssey.
(d) Cicero's Symposium.

3. In the seventh of "The Seven Phallic Poems," what does the poet write that his "semen climbs gladly like"?
(a) A god.
(b) A child.
(c) A tree.
(d) A tower.

4. Rilke writes in "The Dragon-Princess," "We have no reason to mistrust our world, for it is not _______."
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Deadly.
(c) Against us.
(d) Killing us.

5. What does Rilke suggest we do to the possible dangers at hand in life?
(a) Arrest them.
(b) Conquer them.
(c) Run from them.
(d) Try to love them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does Rilke refer to in "The Dragon-Princess"?

2. Which poem from "Rilke's Poems of Other Difficulties" speaks of a king?

3. Rilke is regarded in his letters and his writing to be distinctly ahead of his time in what respect?

4. In one of the untitled love poems, Rilke writes, "What fields are fragrant as your ______?"

5. What literary technique is used in the following? "lifted out of the riverbed of endless possibilities"?

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