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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke accuse of vilifying sensuality and love?
(a) Mankind.
(b) Womankind.
(c) The government.
(d) Christianity.

2. The poem "Gong" makes use of what literary technique?
(a) Onomatapeia.
(b) Irony.
(c) Segmentation.
(d) Absurdism.

3. Rilke's letters are examples of what?
(a) Verse.
(b) Verisimilitude.
(c) Irony.
(d) Prose.

4. In Rilke's first letter he suggests to the reader to "resolve to be always" what?
(a) Ending.
(b) Trying.
(c) Beginning.
(d) Failing.

5. What sculptor had an influence on Rilke's writing?
(a) Rodin.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Rogarde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the poem which begins, "From indescribable transformation flash / such creations--: Feel! and trust!"?

2. The commentator concludes the introduction to Rilke's love poetry in saying, "Rilke's poetry is somewhat precious and even _______."

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

4. What does Rilke write is a simplification of one's way of life?

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

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