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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Rilke compare "dangerous" sadness?
(a) Pride.
(b) Sicknesses.
(c) Drunkeness.
(d) Egoism.

2. To what does Rilke compare people who are preparing for God?
(a) Fools.
(b) Bees.
(c) Roses.
(d) Poems.

3. What does Rilke enclose with his third letter to the young poet?
(a) Names of publishers to whom the young poet can send his work.
(b) A note to Professor Horacek.
(c) Copies of some of his poems.
(d) A list of his most recent books.

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

5. How does the young poet describe the writer and personal acquaintance Rilke mentions?
(a) "Living and writing with true passion."
(b) "Living and writing in heat."
(c) "Living and writing among the living."
(d) "Living and writing with blood."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rilke in letter eight, where does destiny originate?

2. What does the young poet write about in his third letter to Rilke that Rilke mentions in his letter back to the young poet?

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

4. What does Rilke tell the young poet to ask himself regarding his religious beliefs?

5. To what does Rilke compare the realization about the true nature of human existence in letter eight?

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