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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first collection of poems in "Rilke's Poems on Love" is titled what?
(a) "Poems to Orpheus."
(b) "Duino Elegies."
(c) "The Seven Phallic Poems."
(d) "Rites to Passage."

2. In what year did Rilke write the "Woman's Lament" poems?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1925.

3. "Woman's Lament II" ends with the line, "and the ________ is not in vain."
(a) Ballerina.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Nightingale.

4. The commentator remarks in the Introduction, "It should be emphasized that Rilke's language is thoroughly _______."
(a) Narrow.
(b) Sensual.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) Explicit.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rilke write about in conjunction with love and sex in Part VI of "The Seven Phallic Poems"?

3. What does Rilke write in Part V of "The Seven Phallic Poems" has "weakened you and me"?

4. In the introduction to "Rilke's Poems on Love," the commentator states that Rilke's imagery is all what?

5. Which poem begins, "See how in their veins all becomes spirit"?

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