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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poems on Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Woman's Lament II" ends with the line, "and the ________ is not in vain."
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Nightingale.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Ballerina.

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

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

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

5. In what year did Rilke write "The Seven Phallic Poems"?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rilke writes in one letter, "At bottom ______ can help anyone else in life."

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

3. In one untitled love poem, Rilke writes, "Drinking would seem too much, too ____, to me"?

4. Rilke writes in one untitled poem, "Like the _____ of quickly grown-up girls / one braids differently."

5. What does Rilke write in Part V of "The Seven Phallic Poems" has "weakened you and me"?

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