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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what comes the line, "Murderers are / easily comprehended"?
(a) The Seven Phallic Poems.
(b) Letters to a Young Poet.
(c) Sonnets to Orpheus.
(d) Duino Elegies.

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

3. Mood writes in "The Difficulty of Dying," that Rilke says of lovers, "Being full of life, ... are full of ____."
(a) Death.
(b) Peace.
(c) Breath.
(d) Love.

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

5. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that one must feel what?
(a) How the lights shine.
(b) How the sheep sigh.
(c) How the birds fly.
(d) How the women weep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Dragon-Princess," Rilke writes, "It is not _____ alone that is responsible for human relationships repeating themselves from case to case..."

2. In what town is Rilke buried?

3. Which word of Rilke's epitaph is set aside by commas?

4. In what year was Rilke's only full-length novel completed?

5. In "Blood-Remembering," Rilke writes "One must be able to think back to roads in ________."

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparison does Rilke use to explain human experience in "The Dragon-Princess"?

2. What does Mood posit that the word "Desire" implies in "The Difficulty of Dying"?

3. Of what does Rilke say regarding insecurity in human relationships in "The Dragon-Princess"?

4. What does Mood say of Orpheus in his interpretation of "The Difficulty of Dying"?

5. Describe in your own words what Rilke means in his metaphor of man's world in "The Dragon-Princess."

6. What does Rilke remark of the memories of "love" in "Blood-Remembering"?

7. What does Mood examine about Rilke's vision of the empty space within the rose?

8. What does Rilke remark of childhood memories in "Blood-Remembering"?

9. What does Mood preface "Blood-Remembering" with, in discussing the poet?

10. In Mood's discussion of "The Difficulty of Dying," what symbol does he analyze first?

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