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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Rilke delay so long in replying to the young poet's fifth letter?
(a) Rilke does not like to write letters when he is traveling.
(b) Rilke leaves the young poet's letter in another city.
(c) Rilke has been ill.
(d) The young poet's fifth letter has angered Rilke.
2. What is Rilke's salutation at the end of the first letter?
(a) "Yours faithfully."
(b) "Warmest regards."
(c) "Yours faithfully and with all sympathy."
(d) "With gratitude and happiness."
3. What type of poetry does Rilke advise the poet not to write?
(a) Epics.
(b) Narrative poems.
(c) Love poems and other common forms.
(d) Lyric poems.
4. How does Rilke say the young poet's career compares to other careers?
(a) Rilke says the young poet's career is more distinguished than other careers.
(b) Rilke says that the young poet's career is better than other careers because it allows more solitude.
(c) Rilke says that the young poet's career has more conventions than other careers.
(d) Rilke says that the young poet's career is essentially the same as all other careers.
5. What is the name of the young poet who is the recipient of the letters contained in this volume?
(a) Xaver Rilke.
(b) Franz Xaver Kappus.
(c) Franz Horacek.
(d) Franz Rilke.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the sixth letter, in what manner does Rilke advise the young poet to be solitary?
2. 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?
3. In letter eight, what does Rilke tell the young poet he must be careful with?
4. What does Rilke say in the seventh letter about things that are difficult?
5. Rilke indicates that in the future, men and women will approach each other differently than they do at the time of his writing. How will they approach each other?
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