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

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

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

4. In the excerpt of Rilke's letter in the Introduction, what essay does he refer to reading?
(a) Cicero's Symposium.
(b) Platos' Cave.
(c) Homer's Odyssey.
(d) Plato's Symposium.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the last of the untitled love poems, the poet writes, "Do you feel, distant dear miss, / since you are _______ me."

2. What is the name of the artists' colony in Russian where Rilke was further influenced in his writing?

3. Which poem begins, "See how in their veins all becomes spirit"?

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

5. In the introduction to "Rilke's Poems on Love," the commentator states that Rilke's imagery is all what?

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