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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the young poet who is the recipient of the letters contained in this volume?
(a) Franz Rilke.
(b) Franz Horacek.
(c) Xaver Rilke.
(d) Franz Xaver Kappus.

2. Why has Rilke come to the place where he composes the fourth letter?
(a) To improve his health.
(b) To write in solitude.
(c) To meet with his publisher.
(d) To visit his family.

3. What is Rilke's primary criticism of the young poet's writing in the first letter?
(a) It has no individual style.
(b) It is shallow.
(c) It lacks creativity.
(d) It does not rhyme.

4. In what year does Rilke write the fourth letter?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1903.

5. Which letter from the young poet is Rilke responding to with his fourth letter?
(a) The young poet's letter of Easter, 1903.
(b) The young poet's letter of May 2, 1903.
(c) The young poet's letter of Easter, 1907.
(d) The young poet's letter of May 2, 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke enclose with his third letter to the young poet?

2. What writer does Rilke revere most?

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

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

5. What does Rilke send to the young poet in reply to the poet's first letter?

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