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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. What does Rilke write of memories of parents in "Blood-Remembering"?

2. What does Rilke refer to death as?

3. What does Rilke suggest we do to the possible dangers at hand in life?

4. What does Mood comment that "Blood-Remembering" answers the aesthetic fallacy of?

5. How much earlier than his death did Rilke pen his epitaph?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What must one "see" in order to write a single verse, according to Rilke?

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

4. In "Blood-Remembering," what is the author's discussion of writing from "feelings"?

5. In "Blood-Remembering," what does Rilke write about the young as writers?

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

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

8. What does Rilke speak of initially regarding solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

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

10. What is sacred to Mood regarding Rilke's writing? How does he express this in regarding his grave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Rilke's relationship to Christianity. How does the poet view Christianity and its stance on sexuality? In what other ways does Rilke speak of religion?

Essay Topic 2

In "Rilke's Letters on Love," discuss the poet's stance on solitude. What imagery does Rilke use to describe his thoughts? What suggestions does he offer regarding this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss John L. Mood's interpretation of Rilke as a writer. How did Mood first encounter Rilke? What drew him to the poet's writing? In what era did Mood become fascinated with Rilke and why?

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