View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the young poet who is the recipient of the letters contained in this volume?
(a) Franz Horacek.
(b) Franz Xaver Kappus.
(c) Franz Rilke.
(d) Xaver Rilke.

2. Near the close of the fourth letter, Rilke mentions the positive aspects of the young poet's new profession. What are those positive aspects?
(a) Inedependence and self-sufficiency.
(b) Discipline and self-sufficiency.
(c) Discipline and solitude.
(d) Independence and solitude.

3. Rilke writes that "most events are inexpressible," and says that one category of things is more inexpressible than all the rest. What is this category?
(a) Human suffering.
(b) Human communication.
(c) Human frailty.
(d) Works of art.

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

5. In the first letter the young poet sent to Rilke along with his poems, what does he ask of Rilke?
(a) If his poems are good.
(b) If Rilke can send the poet a poem Rilke has written.
(c) If Rilke can help the poet get published.
(d) If Rilke can come visit him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which letter from the young poet is Rilke responding to with his fourth letter?

2. What does Rilke believe is wrong with sex?

3. What type of locale is Rilke in as he is writing the fourth letter to the young poet?

4. In the fourth letter, where does Rilke instruct the young poet to look for answers to his deepest questions?

5. Where does Rilke say humans should look for lessons on how to approach sex and pleasure?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 344 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample