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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the second letter, who does Rilke cite as his artistic influences?
(a) Shakespeare and Beethoven.
(b) The writer of the Psalms and Shakespeare.
(c) Jens Peter Jacobsen and Auguste Rodin.
(d) Jens Peter Jacobsen and the writer of the Psalms.

3. In letter three, how many books does Rilke say he has published?
(a) 20 or 21.
(b) 25 or 26.
(c) 12 or 13.
(d) 18.

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

5. What does the young poet request in his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Copies of Rilke's books.
(b) Suggestions for further reading.
(c) A list of publishers to whom the poet can send his work.
(d) Advice on writing sonnets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke enclose with his third letter to the young poet?

2. What does Rilke advise the poet to do in regard to his efforts to get published?

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

4. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?

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

(see the answer key)

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