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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what season is Rilke writing the seventh letter?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

2. What does Rilke encourage the young poet to believe about God?
(a) That he is in art.
(b) That he does not exist.
(c) That he has not yet come.
(d) That he is everywhere.

3. What does Rilke advise the young poet to seek in regard to his sexuality?
(a) A sexuality that is passionate and fierce.
(b) A sexuality that is moderate.
(c) A sexuality that is the young poet's own, individualized sexuality.
(d) A sexuality that is based on creativity.

4. What is Rilke's salutation at the end of the first letter?
(a) "Yours faithfully and with all sympathy."
(b) "Yours faithfully."
(c) "Warmest regards."
(d) "With gratitude and happiness."

5. In what year is the seventh letter written?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke view as a challenge of the young poet's new profession?

2. What does Rilke send to the young poet in reply to the poet's first letter?

3. At the close of the sixth letter, what does Rilke advise the young poet to do in regards to the coming holiday?

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

5. In letter seven, what does Rilke say that love should be?

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