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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sixth letter reveal about the state of the young poet?
(a) The young poet is sad and lonely.
(b) The young poet is relishing his solitude.
(c) The young poet is suffering from writer's block.
(d) The young poet is enjoying his new career.

2. In the third letter, what does Rilke say he wishes he could do for the young poet but is unable to do?
(a) Present the poet's work to Rilke's publishers.
(b) Give the poet some of his own books.
(c) Visit the young poet.
(d) Publish the poet's work.

3. What does Rilke encourage the young poet to believe about God?
(a) That he is everywhere.
(b) That he has not yet come.
(c) That he does not exist.
(d) That he is in art.

4. What does Rilke tell the young poet to ask himself regarding his religious beliefs?
(a) Whether the young poet has ever truly found God.
(b) Whether the young poet truly wants to believe.
(c) Whether the young poet's beliefs are his own.
(d) Whether the young poet's beliefs are merely conventions.

5. What does the young poet request in his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Copies of Rilke's books.
(b) Advice on writing sonnets.
(c) A list of publishers to whom the poet can send his work.
(d) Suggestions for further reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke advise the young poet to buy in letter three?

2. What is the primary topic of the eighth letter?

3. How does Rilke say the young poet's career compares to other careers?

4. From where is Rilke's sixth letter written?

5. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?

(see the answer key)

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