View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke write that he holds to be "the highest task of a bond between two people"?
(a) That they should each stand guard over the solitude of the other.
(b) That they should hold no limits to their connection.
(c) That they should stand alone.
(d) That they must live closely.

2. In what year was Rilke born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1800.

3. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that quite at the end of life, one might be able to write how many verses that were good?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. What does Rilke comment in the excerpt from the Introduction that Eros "cannot be"?
(a) Faithful.
(b) Fair.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Ugly.

5. What author does Rilke refer to in "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) Poe.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Byron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke write in Part V of "The Seven Phallic Poems" has "weakened you and me"?

2. Rilke suggests to the reader in "The Dragon-Princess," "we must assume our existence as _____ as we in any way can."

3. For the sake of what, much one see many cities, men and things, etc.?

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

5. One poem, using nature imagery, reads, "Cheerful gift from the chillier / mountains / attempts to leap into ____."

(see the answer key)

This section contains 231 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample