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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rilke suggests to the reader in "The Dragon-Princess," "we must assume our existence as _____ as we in any way can."
(a) Broadly.
(b) Brazenly.
(c) Openly.
(d) Narrowly.

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

3. Who does the commentator compare Rilke's relationship toward sex to in the Introduction?
(a) Fitzgerald.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Norman Mailer.

4. What does Rilke write one "must also have been beside" in "Blood-Remembering"?
(a) The newborn.
(b) The young.
(c) The loving.
(d) The dying.

5. Mood notes in his introduction to Rilke's poetry that the poet was "in no way an _______, nor in his life."
(a) Aesthete.
(b) Actor.
(c) Amateur.
(d) Artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Rilke when he wrote "The Dragon-Princess"?

2. What does Rilke accuse of vilifying sensuality and love?

3. What sculptor had an influence on Rilke's writing?

4. How does the poet refer to childhood days to recall in "Blood-Remembering"?

5. Mood writes in the introduction to "The Dragon-Princess," "Unambiguous affirmation is" what?

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