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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Rilk is preparing to move.
(b) Rilke is too poor to afford to buy his books.
(c) Rilke is ill.
(d) Rilke doesn't want to encourage the young poet.

2. What does Rilke say is bad about physical pleasure?
(a) Its ability to bring happiness.
(b) Humans' misuse and waste of it.
(c) Its temptation.
(d) Its ability to keep artists away from their work.

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

4. From whom does Rilke advise the young poet to avoid seeking advice?
(a) Parents.
(b) Poets.
(c) Artists.
(d) Military officers.

5. In the second letter, who does Rilke cite as his artistic influences?
(a) Jens Peter Jacobsen and Auguste Rodin.
(b) Jens Peter Jacobsen and the writer of the Psalms.
(c) Shakespeare and Beethoven.
(d) The writer of the Psalms and Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does Rilke write the second letter?

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

3. What does Rilke advise the young poet to seek in regard to his sexuality?

4. What city has Rilke departed from to come to the place where he composes the fourth letter?

5. In the fourth letter, where does Rilke instruct the young poet to look for answers to his deepest questions?

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