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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," "the contradiction is a ____ one, that is, it resides in the bloom itself."

2. What does Rilke address in his epitaph?

3. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that "verses are not, as people imagine," what?

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

5. The accompaniment to writing poetry as a subject to Rilke is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "Blood-Remembering" mean?

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

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

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

5. What metaphor does Rilke use in describing solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

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

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

8. What is the poem discussed in "The Difficulty of Dying"?

9. What does Rilke remark in "Blood-Remembering" of the memories themselves?

10. What three authors does the commentator compare to Rilke's quote, "Murderers are easily comprehended"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the poems, "Greek Love-Talk" and "The Lovers," describing an analysis of their structure, the placement of punctuation and capitalization, and assonance or alliteration.

Essay Topic 2

What is the subject and theme of "Mausoleum"? What mythological allusion does the poet use in this poem? What structural components stand out in this poem?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mood's analysis of Rilke's epitaph. How does Mood dissect the poem into pieces, looking at each segment as it interlocks with the next? How does he view the translating of the words?

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