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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What acquaintance do Rilke and the young poet have in common?
(a) Professor Horacek.
(b) A distant cousin.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Professor Kruppa.

2. In the first letter, Rilke says he cannot offer critical commentary on the young poet's work. Why?
(a) Rilke is ill and does not have the physical stamina to read the young poet's work.
(b) Rilke believes the young poet's work is flawless.
(c) Rilke says that critical commentary is insufficient for understanding a work of art.
(d) Rilke cannot read the young poet's work because he is blind.

3. In the first letter, what does Rilke cite as the most disruptive hindrance to the young poet's progress?
(a) Looking for others to answer the poet's own personal questions.
(b) Romantic entanglements.
(c) Non-artistic work.
(d) Drinking.

4. In what season does Rilke write the second letter?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. 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 Prague.
(c) A military acdemy in Oslo.
(d) A military academy in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first letter, in what manner does Rilke suggest the young poet can tend to his personal growth?

2. In what year is Rilke's second letter composed?

3. During what decade does the correspondence contained in this volume take place?

4. What does Rilke ask the young poet to do for him at the end of the first letter?

5. What does Rilke advise the young poet to buy in letter three?

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