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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the translator comment in the Prologue that his translations of Rilke are?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Exact.
(c) Eloquent.
(d) Inadequate.

2. Which poem from "Rilke's Poems of Other Difficulties" speaks of a king?
(a) "Mausoleum."
(b) "Magic."
(c) "Greek Love-Talk."
(d) "Gong."

3. From what collection is "The Poet Praises" taken?
(a) Letters to a Young Poet.
(b) Duino Elegies.
(c) Sonnets to Orpheus.
(d) Cycle--Nights.

4. In "From the Cycle: Nights," Rilke personifies "Night" as what?
(a) A lover.
(b) A bird.
(c) A doom.
(d) A river.

5. What does the poet say in his untitled poem to do with that which, "offers itself to us with starlight"?
(a) Let it be free.
(b) Take it seriously.
(c) Hide from it.
(d) Cry with it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the second of "The Seven Phallic Poems," who does the poet claim is "drawing my seed up into an abrupt tree"?

3. According to Rilke, there is "scarcely anything more difficult" than what?

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

5. In what year did Rilke write "The Seven Phallic Poems"?

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