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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The commentator remarks in the Introduction, "It should be emphasized that Rilke's language is thoroughly _______."
(a) Narrow.
(b) Sensual.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) Explicit.

3. What does Rilke write "that rushed along on high and flew with all the stars"?
(a) Nights of travel.
(b) Childbirth.
(c) Kisses of beauty.
(d) Days of wandering.

4. For the sake of what, much one see many cities, men and things, etc.?
(a) A song.
(b) A novel.
(c) A single verse.
(d) A poem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

2. What "gesture" must one know in order to write?

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

4. Rilke writes that most people only know a corner of their room, and thus have a certain what?

5. In one untitled poem of "Rilke's Poems on Other Difficulties," Rilke writes, "Play the ____, the single ones, quickly and you..."

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