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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blood-Remembering.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first collection of poems in "Rilke's Poems on Love" is titled what?
(a) "Duino Elegies."
(b) "The Seven Phallic Poems."
(c) "Rites to Passage."
(d) "Poems to Orpheus."

2. What does Rilke write that verses are in "Blood-Remembering"?
(a) Love.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Memories.
(d) Experiences.

3. When did Rilke undertake "the great giving"?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1951.

4. What does Rilke write of memories of parents in "Blood-Remembering"?
(a) Whom one left behind.
(b) Whom one had to hurt.
(c) Whom one still longs for.
(d) Whom one forgot.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part IV of "The Seven Phallic Poems," the poet writes, "You don't know ______, with your diffidence."

3. In "Blood-Remembering," Rilke writes "One must be able to think back to roads in ________."

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

5. The poem "Gong" makes use of what literary technique?

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