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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What writer does Rilke revere most?
(a) Jens Peter Jacobsen.
(b) Alfred Lord Tennyson.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

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

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

4. What has brought Rilke to the place from where he writes the second letter?
(a) Rilke has moved there to get well.
(b) Rilke has moved there to be close to his family.
(c) Rilke has moved there to work on his writing.
(d) Rilke has moved there because the community is very supportive of his writing.

5. What does Rilke believe is wrong with sex?
(a) It is not wholly human and is based on temporary emotions.
(b) It subordinates women.
(c) It distracts the artist from his work.
(d) It goes against Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Rilke compare artistic experience?

2. What writer and personal acquaintance does Rilke discuss in letter three?

3. What does Rilke thank the young poet for at the end of the first letter?

4. How does Rilke suggest one knows if one should not be a poet?

5. In what year does Rilke write the third letter?

(see the answer key)

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