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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose ideas about sex does Rilke advise the young poet to avoid subscribing to?
(a) Rilke's own.
(b) Professor Horacek's.
(c) Richard Dehmel's.
(d) Jens Peter Jacobsen's.

2. What does Rilke call himself in relation to the young poet at the end of the first letter?
(a) A master.
(b) An expert.
(c) A sage.
(d) A stranger.

3. What is the name of the young poet who is the recipient of the letters contained in this volume?
(a) Franz Rilke.
(b) Xaver Rilke.
(c) Franz Horacek.
(d) Franz Xaver Kappus.

4. Where is Rilke when he writes the third letter?
(a) Viareggio, near Pisa, Italy.
(b) Florence, Italy.
(c) Rome, Italy.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

5. What does Rilke enclose with his third letter to the young poet?
(a) A note to Professor Horacek.
(b) Copies of some of his poems.
(c) A list of his most recent books.
(d) Names of publishers to whom the young poet can send his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Rilke instruct the young poet to derive inspiration?

2. Rilke says that there is only one thing that "can grasp and hold and be just toward" art. What is that thing?

3. What does Rilke ask the young poet to do for him at the end of the first letter?

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

5. In what year is Rilke's second letter composed?

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