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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is the seventh letter written?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1912.

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

3. Who writes the poem Rilke encloses with his seventh letter?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Rilke.
(c) Petrarch.
(d) Kappus.

4. In the fourth letter, what does Rilke say he wishes human beings are more reverent toward?
(a) Independence.
(b) Their sexuality.
(c) Art.
(d) Solitude.

5. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Rilke doesn't want to encourage the young poet.
(b) Rilk is preparing to move.
(c) Rilke is too poor to afford to buy his books.
(d) Rilke is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does it take Rilke so long to respond to the young poet's second letter?

2. What is Rilke's primary criticism of the young poet's writing in the first letter?

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

4. How does Rilke note that the future change in the role of women affects love?

5. From where does Rilke instruct the young poet to derive inspiration?

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