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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rilke writes in one letter, "At bottom ______ can help anyone else in life."
(a) Women.
(b) No one.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Men.

2. Which poem from "Rilke's Poems of Other Difficulties" speaks of a king?
(a) "Mausoleum."
(b) "Gong."
(c) "Greek Love-Talk."
(d) "Magic."

3. Rilke is regarded in his letters and his writing to be distinctly ahead of his time in what respect?
(a) Religion.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Writing.
(d) Politics.

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

5. Of what fruit does Rilke write of in "The Poet Praises"?
(a) Orange.
(b) Strawberry.
(c) Banana.
(d) Grapefruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary term applies to the following: "exhaust yourself like a spring"?

2. The commentator notes that all of the poems in "Rilke's Poems on Love" were written when he was how old?

3. What does Rilke write "that rushed along on high and flew with all the stars"?

4. One of the shortest of the love poems consists of the following two lines: "Also to affirm even ______ / like a thing."

5. What of the sea does Rilke write of remembering in "Blood-Remembering"?

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