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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Rilke write the fifth letter?
(a) Florence, Italy.
(b) Bremen, Germany.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Rome, Italy.

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

3. What famous author does Rilke reference in letter eight?
(a) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

4. What does Rilke assert about the nature of human existence that he claims is a fact whether we think so or not?
(a) We are creative beings.
(b) We are built to love.
(c) We are made in God's image.
(d) We are solitary.

5. What writer does Rilke revere most?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Alfred Lord Tennyson.
(c) Jens Peter Jacobsen.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of letter eight, what does Rilke remind the young poet of?

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

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

4. What does the sixth letter reveal about the state of the young poet?

5. To what does Rilke compare people who are preparing for God?

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