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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke ask the young poet to do for him at the end of the first letter?
(a) Distribute Rilke's books to the young poet's friends.
(b) Tell Professor Horacek of Rilke's esteem for him.
(c) Visit his mother.
(d) Write a letter to the young poet's school informing the school of Rilke's success.

2. In the third letter, Rilke requests that the young poet avoid something. What is it that he asks the poet to avoid?
(a) Reading contemporary literature.
(b) Studying science.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Reading aesthetic criticism.

3. What does Rilke believe is wrong with sex?
(a) It subordinates women.
(b) It is not wholly human and is based on temporary emotions.
(c) It goes against Christianity.
(d) It distracts the artist from his work.

4. In what year is Rilke's second letter composed?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1902.

5. What does Rilke send to the young poet in reply to the poet's first letter?
(a) A volume of Rilke's poetry.
(b) Money.
(c) A list of potential publishers.
(d) A letter and the poet's poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Rilke write the third letter?

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

3. What does Rilke say about Professor Horacek in his first letter?

4. In the first letter, Rilke says he cannot offer critical commentary on the young poet's work. Why?

5. What is Rilke's salutation at the end of the first letter?

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