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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 writes in "Blood-Remembering" that "verses are not, as people imagine," what?
(a) Memories.
(b) Simply feelings.
(c) Truth.
(d) Words of love.

2. In the seventh of "The Seven Phallic Poems," what does the poet write that his "semen climbs gladly like"?
(a) A tower.
(b) A tree.
(c) A god.
(d) A child.

3. In the introduction to "Rilke's Poems on Love," the commentator states that Rilke's imagery is all what?
(a) Earthly.
(b) Unnatural.
(c) Heavenly.
(d) Surreal.

4. Speaking of solitude, Rilke writes, "We are solitary. We may _____ ourselves and act as though this were not so."
(a) Delude.
(b) Lie to.
(c) Trick.
(d) Deny.

5. What does Rilke begin with in his discussion of "The Dragon-Princess"?
(a) Patience.
(b) Love.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. The accompaniment to writing poetry as a subject to Rilke is what?

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

3. When did Rilke undertake "the great giving"?

4. In the poem, "From the Cycle: Nights," Rilke writes, "Night. Oh you in depths ______."

5. In "Gravity," Rilke writes, "Yet from the _____ falls, / as from a stored up cloud, / abundant rain of force."

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