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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems on Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part IV of "The Seven Phallic Poems," the poet writes, "You don't know ______, with your diffidence."
(a) Gods.
(b) Sex.
(c) Towers.
(d) Love.

2. What does Rilke write in his first letter, imploring the reader to try to love?
(a) The questions themselves.
(b) Dignity.
(c) The truth.
(d) The answers.

3. Which poem begins, "See how in their veins all becomes spirit"?
(a) "The Seven Phallic Poems."
(b) "Woman's Lament I."
(c) "Greek Love-Talk."
(d) "The Lovers."

4. From what language has the author translated the poems and prose excerpts of "Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties"?
(a) Austrian.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Bohemian.

5. In what year was Rilke born?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1800.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rilke remarks in his letters that his sex is "not directed only toward posterity" but is is what?

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 is a simplification of one's way of life?

4. The commentator remarks in the Introduction, "It should be emphasized that Rilke's language is thoroughly _______."

5. In what year did Rilke write "The Seven Phallic Poems"?

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