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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Rilke when he writes the third letter?
(a) Viareggio, near Pisa, Italy.
(b) Florence, Italy.
(c) Rome, Italy.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

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

3. What does Rilke say in the seventh letter about things that are difficult?
(a) Things that are difficult are usually not the things that are best for us.
(b) Things that are difficult are worth doing or experiencing.
(c) Things that are difficult should be avoided.
(d) Things that are difficult enhance our discipline.

4. How does Rilke advise the young poet to view sex?
(a) To see it as a temptation to be avoided.
(b) To rejoice in it but not lose oneself in it.
(c) To fear it.
(d) To distance sex from art.

5. What does Rilke imply about losing God?
(a) God does not exist.
(b) Losing God is part of growing up.
(c) Losing God is necessary if one is to find God.
(d) Once found, God cannot be lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rilke tell the young poet to be considerate of because of their fear of solitude?

2. At the close of the sixth letter, how does Rilke tell the young poet to be?

3. Rilke says that eventually women no longer are the opposite of men, but something else. What are they?

4. In what year is Rilke's second letter composed?

5. How does Rilke say one can know if a poem is good?

(see the answer key)

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