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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. In what year did Rilke write "The Seven Phallic Poems"?
2. What is the name of the artists' colony in Russian where Rilke was further influenced in his writing?
3. In the poem, "Mausoleum," what punctuation does Rilke use in a nontraditional way, at the beginning of two lines?
4. In the last of the untitled love poems, the poet writes, "Do you feel, distant dear miss, / since you are _______ me."
5. What is the only novel that Rilke wrote?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mood say regarding Rilke's sensuality in the introduction to his poems?
2. What metaphors does Rilke use for a woman's womb in The Seven Phallic Poems?
3. What does Mood say in regard to Rilke's vision of Eros in the Prologue?
4. What does the commentator say regarding the transition to the 1960s' promiscuity and what this transition lacked?
5. Discuss the subjects and imagery of "The Poems Praise."
6. What does Rilke say regarding the young and marriage in his letters?
7. What is the poet writing about in "The Poet Praises"?
8. What does Rilke write of in his first poem of "Poems of Other Difficulties"?
9. What sexual elements are undertaken in The Seven Phallic Poems?
10. What does the commentator say regarding Rilke's feminism in the Prologue?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following in terms of their influence on Rilke and his writing: Friedrich Nietzsche, Auguste Rodin, Sigmund Freud.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Rilke's writing in terms of the themes of "patience," "experience," and "youth." What metaphors and symbols does he use to approach these topics?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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