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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 advise the poet to do in regard to his efforts to get published?
(a) Send his poems to Rilke's publisher.
(b) Discontinue his efforts to receive feedback from publishers and other external parties.
(c) Send his poems to as many magazines as possible.
(d) Send his poems to the United States.

2. What is Rilke's primary criticism of the young poet's writing in the first letter?
(a) It does not rhyme.
(b) It is shallow.
(c) It lacks creativity.
(d) It has no individual style.

3. On what holiday does the young poet write his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Easter.
(b) Epiphany.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Christmas.

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

5. How does Professor Horacek know Rilke?
(a) Professor Horacek is Rilke's editor.
(b) Professor Horacek raises Rilke.
(c) Professor Horacek teaches Rilke at a military academy.
(d) Professor Horacek knows Rilke's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Rilke been in the city from which he writes the fifth letter?

2. Besides works by that writer, what other book does Rilke always have accessible to him?

3. In letter three, how many books does Rilke say he has published?

4. What writer and personal acquaintance does Rilke discuss in letter three?

5. Rilke challenges the young poet to ask himself a question regarding his writing. What is that question?

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