Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties, Translations and Considerations of Rainer Maria Rilke Test | Final Test - Hard

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Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties, Translations and Considerations of Rainer Maria Rilke Test | Final Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mood writes in "The Difficulty of Dying," that Rilke says of lovers, "Being full of life, ... are full of ____."

2. Rilke's final metaphor in "The Dragon-Princess" states that perhaps all the "dragons of our lives are" what?

3. What does Rilke begin with in his discussion of "The Dragon-Princess"?

4. Rilke suggests to the reader in "The Dragon-Princess," "we must assume our existence as _____ as we in any way can."

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

Short Essay Questions

1. From what text is "Blood-Remembering" taken? What character is speaking?

2. What happens once man has acclimated himself to solitude, according to Rilke in "The Dragon-Princess"?

3. What is remarkable about Rilke's vision in "The Dragon-Princess"?

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

5. What does "under so many lids" reference in "The Difficulty of Dying"?

6. What has Rilke accomplished in his epitaph, according to Mood?

7. What word does Mood focus on regarding Rilke's writing of "The Dragon-Princess"?

8. What does "Blood-Remembering" mean?

9. What metaphor does Rilke make in the end of "The Dragon-Princess" which echoes that of theories of psychology?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "Magic" and "Force of Gravity" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.

Essay Topic 2

In a poem such as the following, discuss the relevance and significance of its short length. What is the subject of the poem? What is its theme? What is your analysis of its structure?

"Also to affirm even rapture / like a thing"

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the poems "Woman's Lament I" and "Woman's Lament II." What structural differences are there in these poems? What similarities in regard to subject and theme?

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