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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which poem begins with the line, "And the last perhaps will not return"?
(a) "Woman's Lament I."
(b) "The Lovers."
(c) "Greek Love-Talk."
(d) "Woman's Lament II."

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

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

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

5. 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) Ephemeral.
(d) Romantic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rilke write in his first letter, imploring the reader to try to love?

3. Rilke writes in one letter, "Almost everything ______ is difficult, and everything is _______."

4. In the excerpt of Rilke's letter in the Introduction, what essay does he refer to reading?

5. Rilke writes in his letters, "Why have they made our sex _______, instead of making it the place for the festival of our competency?"

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