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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the young poet who is the recipient of the letters studying when he begins to receive correspondence from Rilke?
(a) A military academy in Germany.
(b) A military academy in Paris.
(c) A military academy in Prague.
(d) A military acdemy in Oslo.

2. Besides works by that writer, what other book does Rilke always have accessible to him?
(a) A volume of Shakespearian sonnets.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Origin of Species.

3. What works by the writer who Rilke revers most does Rilke always have accessible to him?
(a) Winter's Best and On the Way.
(b) Six Stories and Niels Lyhne.
(c) An Endless Summer and Tomorrow.
(d) Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

4. What does Rilke advise the poet to do in regard to his efforts to get published?
(a) Send his poems to the United States.
(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 Rilke's publisher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first letter, which of the young poet's pieces does Rilke say demonstrates the most talent?

2. In the first letter, what does Rilke advise the poet to do to improve his writing?

3. What does Rilke call himself in relation to the young poet at the end of the first letter?

4. Rilke says that there is only one thing that "can grasp and hold and be just toward" art. What is that thing?

5. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?

(see the answer key)

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