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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During what decade does the correspondence contained in this volume take place?
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1900s.

3. What does Rilke send to the young poet in reply to the poet's first letter?
(a) Money.
(b) A volume of Rilke's poetry.
(c) A letter and the poet's poems.
(d) A list of potential publishers.

4. How does Rilke suggest one knows if one should not be a poet?
(a) If one can live without writing.
(b) If one is bored by one's own writing.
(c) If one does not like to read others' poetry.
(d) If one cannot get published after 100 tries.

5. 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) Tell Professor Horacek of Rilke's esteem for him.
(c) Visit his mother.
(d) Distribute Rilke's books to the young poet's friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. In letter three, how many books does Rilke say he has published?

2. Where is Rilke when he writes the third letter?

3. Where is Rilke when he writes the second letter?

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

5. On what holiday does the young poet write his third letter to Rilke?

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