1. How does Professor Horacek know Rilke?
(a) Professor Horacek is Rilke's editor.
(b) Professor Horacek teaches Rilke at a military academy.
(c) Professor Horacek raises Rilke.
(d) Professor Horacek knows Rilke's grandfather.

2. What does Rilke advise the poet to do in regard to his efforts to get published?
(a) Send his poems to Rilke's publisher.
(b) Send his poems to the United States.
(c) Send his poems to as many magazines as possible.
(d) Discontinue his efforts to receive feedback from publishers and other external parties.

3. What does Rilke say about Professor Horacek in his first letter?
(a) That the professor is a great scholar.
(b) That the professor is a great poet.
(c) That he holds admiration and gratitude for the professor.
(d) That the professor helps to nurse Rilke back to health as a boy.

4. What does Rilke ask the young poet to do for him at the end of the first letter?
(a) Write a letter to the young poet's school informing the school of Rilke's success.
(b) Distribute Rilke's books to the young poet's friends.
(c) Tell Professor Horacek of Rilke's esteem for him.
(d) Visit his mother.

5. If the young poet discovers he should not be a poet, Rilke suggests that his inner examination will not be worthless. Why not?
(a) The young poet might then discover his talents for music.
(b) The young poet may discover that he has a spiritual calling.
(c) The young poet may be able to have a well-paying career.
(d) The inner examination will result in the young poet determining a different course that may be better for the young poet.