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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of the untitled love poems, Rilke writes, "What fields are fragrant as your ______?"
(a) Hands.
(b) Lips.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Kiss.

2. In Rilke's one-line poem of the love poems, he writes, "This is the mute-mouthed mounting of the ______."
(a) Kiss.
(b) Silence.
(c) Woman.
(d) Phalli.

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

4. Rilke writes in "The Seven Phallic Poems," "We close ______ by means of our gazes."
(a) Our lips.
(b) The night.
(c) Our blankets.
(d) A circle.

5. The first collection of poems in "Rilke's Poems on Love" is titled what?
(a) "Duino Elegies."
(b) "The Seven Phallic Poems."
(c) "Rites to Passage."
(d) "Poems to Orpheus."

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

7. Rilke writes in his letters, "Why have they made our sex _______, instead of making it the place for the festival of our competency?"
(a) Carefree.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Homeless.
(d) Loving.

8. What is the only novel that Rilke wrote?
(a) Letters to a Young Poet.
(b) The Grapes of Wrath.
(c) The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.
(d) Lessons of a Forgotten Soul.

9. In "The Seven Phallic Poems," who "grasps suddenly the bull bud of his vitality"?
(a) The soldier.
(b) The maiden.
(c) The rose-gatherer.
(d) The gardener.

10. 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 hold no limits to their connection.
(d) That they should stand alone.

11. Over what does the poet write, "we will together contend" in "Greek Love-Talk"?
(a) This war.
(b) The forest.
(c) Your breasts.
(d) Our love.

12. What did the commentator originally call the selections of Rilke's letters which he copied and gave out?
(a) "The Love Letters."
(b) "Rilke on Love."
(c) "Notes on Love."
(d) "Letters of Love."

13. Who is one of the earliest figures of feminism who was friends with Rilke?
(a) Sarah Albright.
(b) Victoria Ellison.
(c) Ellen Page.
(d) Ellen Kay.

14. In the introduction to "Rilke's Poems on Love," the commentator states that Rilke's imagery is all what?
(a) Surreal.
(b) Unnatural.
(c) Heavenly.
(d) Earthly.

15. What is the name of the artists' colony in Russian where Rilke was further influenced in his writing?
(a) Schnizwald.
(b) Avondale.
(c) Round Table.
(d) Worpswede.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the seventh of "The Seven Phallic Poems," what does the poet write that his "semen climbs gladly like"?

2. What does Rilke write is a simplification of one's way of life?

3. 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."

4. Whose influence helped to expand Rilke's vision, according to Mood?

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

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