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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. The commentator notes that all of the poems in "Rilke's Poems on Love" were written when he was how old?
2. What does Rilke write in his first letter, imploring the reader to try to love?
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. Rilke writes in "The Seven Phallic Poems," "We close ______ by means of our gazes."
5. Which poem begins with the line, "And the last perhaps will not return"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the untitled poems following "The Lovers," what imagery does the poet use?
2. What does Rilke say regarding the institute of marriage and solitude?
3. What does Rilke say of questions and answers in his first essay?
4. How does Mood describe Rilke's masculinity and femininity in his poetry? What does he say of Rilke's own life in this regard?
5. In the fourth and fifth of The Seven Phallic Poems, what imagery does the poet use for climax?
6. How does Rilke suggest sexuality should be regarded in terms of innocence? What does he say of children?
7. What does Mood say regarding Rilke's sensuality in the introduction to his poems?
8. What does the commentator say regarding the transition to the 1960s' promiscuity and what this transition lacked?
9. How does death intermingle with sex in The Seven Phallic Poems? How does childhood?
10. In the untitled poems of "Rilke's Poems of Other Difficulties," how does Rilke write of the gods?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the elements of Rilke's writing which make him a precursor to the feminist movement. What aspects of his writing and his theory are ahead of his time in these matters? How does he relate the female and the male form?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss "The Poet Speaks of Praising" and "The Poet Praises" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss "The Seven Phallic Poems" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.
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