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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first letter, in what manner does Rilke suggest the young poet can tend to his personal growth?
(a) Publicly.
(b) Patiently.
(c) Quietly and seriously.
(d) Aggressively.

2. What novel does Rilke discuss in letter three?
(a) Jude the Obscure.
(b) Across the World.
(c) Niels Lyhne.
(d) Pifer.

3. Whose ideas about sex does Rilke advise the young poet to avoid subscribing to?
(a) Richard Dehmel's.
(b) Rilke's own.
(c) Jens Peter Jacobsen's.
(d) Professor Horacek's.

4. Where is Rilke when he writes the second letter?
(a) Viareggio, near Pisa, Italy.
(b) Athens, Greece.
(c) Florence, Italy.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

5. What has brought Rilke to the place from where he writes the second letter?
(a) Rilke has moved there to get well.
(b) Rilke has moved there to be close to his family.
(c) Rilke has moved there to work on his writing.
(d) Rilke has moved there because the community is very supportive of his writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what holiday does the young poet write his third letter to Rilke?

2. What type of poetry does Rilke advise the poet not to write?

3. How old is the young poet when he begins corresponding with Rilke?

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

5. In the first letter, Rilke says he cannot offer critical commentary on the young poet's work. Why?

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