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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is Rilke's second letter composed?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1903.

2. In the third letter, Rilke requests that the young poet avoid something. What is it that he asks the poet to avoid?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Reading contemporary literature.
(c) Reading aesthetic criticism.
(d) Studying science.

3. From where does Rilke instruct the young poet to derive inspiration?
(a) Music.
(b) The political climate of the times.
(c) Nature, common human experiences, and memories.
(d) The words of other poets.

4. In the third letter, what does Rilke say he wishes he could do for the young poet but is unable to do?
(a) Present the poet's work to Rilke's publishers.
(b) Visit the young poet.
(c) Give the poet some of his own books.
(d) Publish the poet's work.

5. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Rilke is too poor to afford to buy his books.
(b) Rilk is preparing to move.
(c) Rilke doesn't want to encourage the young poet.
(d) Rilke is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rilke when he writes the second letter?

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

3. What does Rilke advise the poet to do in regard to his efforts to get published?

4. What does Rilke say the young poet should do if he determines he should not be a poet?

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

(see the answer key)

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