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

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

3. Rilke writes in one letter, "Almost everything ______ is difficult, and everything is _______."
(a) Sexual.
(b) Serious.
(c) Love.
(d) Sensual.

4. In one untitled love poem, Rilke writes, "Drinking would seem too much, too ____, to me"?
(a) Lustful.
(b) Plain.
(c) Loving.
(d) Overwhelming.

5. What does Rilke write that he holds to be "the highest task of a bond between two people"?
(a) That they should each stand guard over the solitude of the other.
(b) That they must live closely.
(c) That they should stand alone.
(d) That they should hold no limits to their connection.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Over what does the poet write, "we will together contend" in "Greek Love-Talk"?

4. In Part III of "The Seven Phallic Poems," Rilke writes, "Granted by you, the image of the ____ stands/at the gentle crossroads under my clothes."

5. The first collection of poems in "Rilke's Poems on Love" is titled what?

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