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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke view as a challenge of the young poet's new profession?
(a) Its adherence to convention.
(b) Its rigorous hours.
(c) Its lack of creativity.
(d) Its lack of free time.

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

3. What holiday is Rilke marking with his sixth letter?
(a) Easter.
(b) The New Year.
(c) Christmas.
(d) All Saints Day.

4. What type of poem does Rilke enclose with the seventh letter?
(a) An elegy.
(b) An epic.
(c) A sonnet.
(d) An ode.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke advise the young poet to take comfort in if he feels uneasy in his new profession?

2. Who resists the future change in women that Rilke notes in letter seven?

3. In what year is Rilke's sixth letter written?

4. What does Rilke tell the young poet to ask himself regarding his religious beliefs?

5. In the first letter, in what manner does Rilke suggest the young poet can tend to his personal growth?

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