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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 Part IV of "The Seven Phallic Poems," the poet writes, "You don't know ______, with your diffidence."
(a) Gods.
(b) Sex.
(c) Love.
(d) Towers.

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

3. In what year did Rilke write "The Seven Phallic Poems"?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1940.

4. Rilke writes in his letters on love, "Once we were ______ in every part, now we are that in one part only."
(a) Sex.
(b) Nature.
(c) Children.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rilke writes in one letter, "At bottom ______ can help anyone else in life."

2. The commentator remarks in the Introduction, "It should be emphasized that Rilke's language is thoroughly _______."

3. The commentator regards that Rilke's "justly famed deep spirituality" is rooted essentially in what?

4. What does Rilke write that he holds to be "the highest task of a bond between two people"?

5. In one untitled love poem, Rilke writes, "Drinking would seem too much, too ____, to me"?

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