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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the third letter, what does Rilke say he wishes he could do for the young poet but is unable to do?
(a) Visit the young poet.
(b) Present the poet's work to Rilke's publishers.
(c) Give the poet some of his own books.
(d) Publish the poet's work.

2. What does Rilke ask the young poet to do for him at the end of the first letter?
(a) Distribute Rilke's books to the young poet's friends.
(b) Write a letter to the young poet's school informing the school of Rilke's success.
(c) Visit his mother.
(d) Tell Professor Horacek of Rilke's esteem for him.

3. In the fourth letter, what does Rilke instruct the young poet to do regarding the poet's unanswered questions?
(a) Seek answers from artists.
(b) Love the questions.
(c) Seek answers in solitude.
(d) Seek answers from poetry.

4. What is Rilke's salutation at the end of the first letter?
(a) "Yours faithfully."
(b) "Yours faithfully and with all sympathy."
(c) "With gratitude and happiness."
(d) "Warmest regards."

5. Where is Rilke when he writes the second letter?
(a) Viareggio, near Pisa, Italy.
(b) Athens, Greece.
(c) Florence, Italy.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does it take Rilke so long to respond to the young poet's second letter?

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

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