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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rilke say humans should look for lessons on how to approach sex and pleasure?
(a) Artists.
(b) Plants and animals.
(c) The work of the great poets.
(d) The Bible.

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

3. What novel does Rilke discuss in letter three?
(a) Niels Lyhne.
(b) Pifer.
(c) Across the World.
(d) Jude the Obscure.

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

5. In what year does Rilke write the third letter?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1908.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During what decade does the correspondence contained in this volume take place?

4. In the first letter the young poet sent to Rilke along with his poems, what does he ask of Rilke?

5. Why has Rilke come to the place where he composes the fourth letter?

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