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

2. What literary term applies to the following: "exhaust yourself like a spring"?
(a) Irony.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Alliteration.

3. What does Rilke write in Part V of "The Seven Phallic Poems" has "weakened you and me"?
(a) Too strong a love.
(b) Too ample space.
(c) Too strong an adversary.
(d) Too great a distance.

4. In introducing Rilke's love poetry, the commentator notes that the poet's sexual and sensual undertones are mostly overlooked because of the striking impact of what?
(a) His flowery language.
(b) His spirituality.
(c) His surreal approach.
(d) His uncommon rhythms.

5. Mood writes that Rilke's novel is "dialectically" what?
(a) Depressing.
(b) Surreal.
(c) Biographical.
(d) Semi-autobiographical.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the introduction to "Rilke's Poems on Love," the commentator states that Rilke's imagery is all what?

2. What does Mood compare "the wise old age" to in the introduction to "Blood-Remembering"?

3. In "Blood-Remembering," from what comes poetry?

4. What does the commentator say was Rilke's mode of exploration during "the long periods between his well-known great creative bursts of energy"?

5. Over what does the poet write, "we will together contend" in "Greek Love-Talk"?

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