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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During what decade does the correspondence contained in this volume take place?
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1900s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1890s.

3. What holiday is Rilke marking with his sixth letter?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) The New Year.
(d) All Saints Day.

4. How does Rilke say individuals can help prepare for God's coming?
(a) Through art.
(b) Through acts of love.
(c) Through prayer.
(d) Through religious rituals.

5. How does Rilke say one can know if a poem is good?
(a) If it moves its readers.
(b) If it reflects human nature.
(c) If it helps readers understand life.
(d) If it is inspired by necessity.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the close of the sixth letter, how does Rilke tell the young poet to be?

2. What has brought Rilke to the place from where he writes the second letter?

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

4. What does Rilke believe is wrong with sex?

5. In the fifth letter, Rilke tells the young poet that a package the young poet has sent to him has not arrived. What is in the package?

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