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

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

3. What does Rilke tell the young poet about irony?
(a) Irony should be sparingly used.
(b) Irony should never be used.
(c) Irony should be liberally used.
(d) Irony should only be used for humor.

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

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?
(a) The works of Jens Peter Jacobsen.
(b) His decision to become a sculptor.
(c) His first publication.
(d) The works of William Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What acquaintance do Rilke and the young poet have in common?

2. What works by the writer who Rilke revers most does Rilke always have accessible to him?

3. Rilke writes that "most events are inexpressible," and says that one category of things is more inexpressible than all the rest. What is this category?

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

5. In what year is the first letter from Rilke to the young poet written?

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