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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Rilke doesn't want to encourage the young poet.
(b) Rilke is ill.
(c) Rilk is preparing to move.
(d) Rilke is too poor to afford to buy his books.

2. In letter eight, what does Rilke tell the young poet he must be careful with?
(a) Sadnesses.
(b) Names.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Thoughts.

3. What does Rilke claim a sadness indicates about a person's life or self?
(a) A transition.
(b) A loss.
(c) A fear.
(d) A realization.

4. In what season does Rilke write the second letter?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the sixth letter, in what manner does Rilke advise the young poet to be solitary?

2. Where is Rilke when he writes the third letter?

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

4. In letter three, what does Rilke claim to be the most important element of becoming an artist?

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

(see the answer key)

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