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

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

3. The commentator concludes the introduction to Rilke's love poetry in saying, "Rilke's poetry is somewhat precious and even _______."
(a) Romantic.
(b) Effiminate.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Ephemeral.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rilke say is incapable of such loving as he calls for?

2. In Rilke's one-line poem of the love poems, he writes, "This is the mute-mouthed mounting of the ______."

3. In Rilke's first letter he suggests to the reader to "resolve to be always" what?

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

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

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