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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Rilke write the third letter?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1903.

2. Rilke tells the young poet that in regard to his sickness, he is a sick man, a convalescent, and what else?
(a) A medicine.
(b) An illness.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A shaman.

3. In the second letter, who does Rilke cite as his artistic influences?
(a) Jens Peter Jacobsen and Auguste Rodin.
(b) Shakespeare and Beethoven.
(c) The writer of the Psalms and Shakespeare.
(d) Jens Peter Jacobsen and the writer of the Psalms.

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

5. What does Rilke tell the young poet about irony?
(a) Irony should never be used.
(b) Irony should be sparingly used.
(c) Irony should only be used for humor.
(d) Irony should be liberally used.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Rilke enclose with his third letter to the young poet?

4. What does Rilke believe is wrong with sex?

5. What is the young poet's military rank?

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