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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rilke advise the young poet to view sex?
(a) To fear it.
(b) To rejoice in it but not lose oneself in it.
(c) To distance sex from art.
(d) To see it as a temptation to be avoided.

2. Which letter from the young poet is Rilke responding to with his fourth letter?
(a) The young poet's letter of Easter, 1907.
(b) The young poet's letter of May 2, 1903.
(c) The young poet's letter of Easter, 1903.
(d) The young poet's letter of May 2, 1908.

3. What does Rilke tell the young poet to rejoice in?
(a) The young poet's growth.
(b) The young poet's parents.
(c) The young poet's work.
(d) The young poet's writing.

4. In what year is the first letter from Rilke to the young poet written?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1902.

5. How does Rilke say one can know if a poem is good?
(a) If it reflects human nature.
(b) If it is inspired by necessity.
(c) If it helps readers understand life.
(d) If it moves its readers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ideas about sex does Rilke advise the young poet to avoid subscribing to?

2. In letter three, what does Rilke claim to be the most important element of becoming an artist?

3. In what year does Rilke write the fourth letter?

4. In what season does Rilke write the second letter?

5. What does Rilke advise the poet to do in regard to his efforts to get published?

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