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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke begin with in his discussion of "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Patience.
(d) Love.

2. One of the shortest of the love poems consists of the following two lines: "Also to affirm even ______ / like a thing."
(a) Woman.
(b) Love.
(c) Rapture.
(d) Lust.

3. From what collection is "The Poet Praises" taken?
(a) Duino Elegies.
(b) Cycle--Nights.
(c) Letters to a Young Poet.
(d) Sonnets to Orpheus.

4. What is the principle subject of "Blood-Remembering"?
(a) Love.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Writing.
(d) Painting.

5. "Woman's Lament II" ends with the line, "and the ________ is not in vain."
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Nightingale.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Ballerina.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rilke, there is "scarcely anything more difficult" than what?

2. In Part III of "The Seven Phallic Poems," Rilke writes, "Granted by you, the image of the ____ stands/at the gentle crossroads under my clothes."

3. In "The Dragon-Princess," Rilke writes that the feeling one might have placed in total isolation, is "an abandonment to something inexpressible would almost ______ him."

4. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering," One must be able to forget them when they are many and one must have the great _____ to wait until they come again."

5. The accompaniment to writing poetry as a subject to Rilke is what?

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