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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the translator comment in the Prologue that his translations of Rilke are?
2. In the last of the untitled love poems, the poet writes, "Do you feel, distant dear miss, / since you are _______ me."
3. What does the commentator say was Rilke's mode of exploration during "the long periods between his well-known great creative bursts of energy"?
4. Rilke writes in one letter, "Almost everything ______ is difficult, and everything is _______."
5. In what year was Rilke born?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when one gives oneself completely over to love, according to the poet?
2. What references to Venus does Rilke make in the untitled poems of "Poems of Other Difficulties"?
3. What sexual elements are undertaken in The Seven Phallic Poems?
4. What does Rilke say regarding the young and marriage in his letters?
5. What does Rilke write of "silence" in his untitled poems?
6. In the untitled poems following "The Lovers," what imagery does the poet use?
7. In the untitled poems of "Rilke's Poems of Other Difficulties," how does Rilke write of the gods?
8. What metaphors does Rilke use for a woman's womb in The Seven Phallic Poems?
9. What is Rilke's discussion regarding religion and the Christian church specifically in his letters?
10. What does Mood say regarding Rilke's sensuality in the introduction to his poems?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss "Magic" and "Force of Gravity" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Rilke in terms of Expressionism and Existentialism. How does Rilke fit into these movements, when and where did they arise, and what in his works reflect these styles?
Essay Topic 3
In "Rilke's Letters on Love," discuss the poet's stance on solitude. What imagery does Rilke use to describe his thoughts? What suggestions does he offer regarding this theme?
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