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

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

3. What literary term applies to the following: "exhaust yourself like a spring"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Irony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Rilke is regarded in his letters and his writing to be distinctly ahead of his time in what respect?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Religion.
(c) Writing.
(d) Politics.

5. 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 uncommon rhythms.
(b) His surreal approach.
(c) His spirituality.
(d) His flowery language.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Seven Phallic Poems," who "grasps suddenly the bull bud of his vitality"?

3. In what year was Rilke born?

4. In Part IV of "The Seven Phallic Poems," the poet writes, "You don't know ______, with your diffidence."

5. Rilke writes in "The Seven Phallic Poems," "We close ______ by means of our gazes."

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