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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What works by the writer who Rilke revers most does Rilke always have accessible to him?
(a) Winter's Best and On the Way.
(b) Six Stories and Niels Lyhne.
(c) An Endless Summer and Tomorrow.
(d) Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

4. In the first letter, Rilke says he cannot offer critical commentary on the young poet's work. Why?
(a) Rilke is ill and does not have the physical stamina to read the young poet's work.
(b) Rilke believes the young poet's work is flawless.
(c) Rilke says that critical commentary is insufficient for understanding a work of art.
(d) Rilke cannot read the young poet's work because he is blind.

5. What is Rilke's primary criticism of the young poet's writing in the first letter?
(a) It has no individual style.
(b) It is shallow.
(c) It does not rhyme.
(d) It lacks creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rilke advise the young poet to view sex?

2. In the first letter, which of the young poet's pieces does Rilke say demonstrates the most talent?

3. What does Rilke send to the young poet in reply to the poet's first letter?

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

5. How old is the young poet when he begins corresponding with Rilke?

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