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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In whose handwriting does the poem Rilke enclosed with his seventh letter appear?
(a) Professor Horacek's.
(b) Rilke's wife's.
(c) Kappus'.
(d) Rilke's.

3. What does Rilke claim a sadness that enters into the body is in actuality?
(a) A fear.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) A realization.
(d) An unknown.

4. What does Rilke advise the young poet to buy in letter three?
(a) A collection of the complete works of William Shakespeare.
(b) A collection of the complete works of Jens Peter Jacobsen.
(c) A collection of the complete works of Homer.
(d) A collection of the complete works of Sophocles.

5. To what does Rilke compare "dangerous" sadness?
(a) Sicknesses.
(b) Pride.
(c) Drunkeness.
(d) Egoism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke say is wrong with the way most people approach love?

2. What does Rilke say is wrong with men?

3. What does Rilke thank the young poet for at the end of the first letter?

4. Where is the young poet who is the recipient of the letters studying when he begins to receive correspondence from Rilke?

5. From where is Rilke writing the eighth letter?

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