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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. At the close of the sixth letter, what does Rilke advise the young poet to do in regards to the coming holiday?
(a) Celebrate with others.
(b) Celebrate in solitude and gratitude.
(c) Celebrate by committing to the idea that acts of love and joy are preparing the way for God.
(d) Celebrate by writing.

3. To what does Rilke compare artistic experience?
(a) Transcendence.
(b) Epiphany.
(c) Religion.
(d) Sex.

4. In what year is Rilke's sixth letter written?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1908.

5. What is the primary topic of the eighth letter?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Nature.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke advise the young poet to do if he cannot connect with people?

2. At the close of the sixth letter, how does Rilke tell the young poet to be?

3. In the third letter, what does Rilke say he wishes he could do for the young poet but is unable to do?

4. Rilke compares a person to a house and a sadness to what?

5. What works by the writer who Rilke revers most does Rilke always have accessible to him?

(see the answer key)

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