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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blood-Remembering.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which poem from "Rilke's Poems of Other Difficulties" speaks of a king?
(a) "Magic."
(b) "Greek Love-Talk."
(c) "Mausoleum."
(d) "Gong."

2. Rilke writes in one letter, "Almost everything ______ is difficult, and everything is _______."
(a) Love.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Serious.
(d) Sensual.

3. In introducing Rilke's love poetry, the commentator notes that the poet's sexual and sensual undertones are mostly overlooked because of the striking impact of what?
(a) His flowery language.
(b) His spirituality.
(c) His surreal approach.
(d) His uncommon rhythms.

4. In the seventh of "The Seven Phallic Poems," what does the poet write that his "semen climbs gladly like"?
(a) A tower.
(b) A child.
(c) A god.
(d) A tree.

5. In the last of the untitled love poems, the poet writes, "Do you feel, distant dear miss, / since you are _______ me."
(a) Kissing.
(b) Caressing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Loving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the commentator originally call the selections of Rilke's letters which he copied and gave out?

2. Which poem begins with the line, "And the last perhaps will not return"?

3. In the excerpt of Rilke's letter in the Introduction, what essay does he refer to reading?

4. In what year did Rilke write the "Woman's Lament" poems?

5. In "From the Cycle: Nights," Rilke personifies "Night" as what?

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