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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rilke suggest that the young are apt to do in love?
(a) Marry for money.
(b) Stand solitary.
(c) Give oneself away.
(d) Not listen to each other.

3. What is the only novel that Rilke wrote?
(a) Letters to a Young Poet.
(b) Lessons of a Forgotten Soul.
(c) The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath.

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

5. Rilke writes of love that "So whoever loves must try to act as if he had a _________."
(a) Priceless possession.
(b) Great work.
(c) Holy thing.
(d) Fragile jewel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the commentator compare Rilke's relationship toward sex to in the Introduction?

2. What does Rilke accuse of vilifying sensuality and love?

3. What does Rilke write is a simplification of one's way of life?

4. What does the translator comment in the Prologue that his translations of Rilke are?

5. Who is one of the earliest figures of feminism who was friends with Rilke?

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