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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the primary topic of the eighth letter?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Nature.
(d) Creativity.

3. From where is the seventh letter written?
(a) Athens, Greece.
(b) Bremen, Germany.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Rome, Italy.

4. In whose handwriting does the poem Rilke enclosed with his seventh letter appear?
(a) Professor Horacek's.
(b) Rilke's wife's.
(c) Kappus'.
(d) Rilke's.

5. In letter eight, what does Rilke say the young poet "overvalues"?
(a) Victory.
(b) Sex.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In letter three, how many books does Rilke say he has published?

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

3. What does Rilke ask the young poet to do for him at the end of the first letter?

4. What does Rilke say about Professor Horacek in his first letter?

5. To what does Rilke compare "dangerous" sadness?

(see the answer key)

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