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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rilke's salutation at the end of the first letter?
(a) "Yours faithfully."
(b) "Warmest regards."
(c) "With gratitude and happiness."
(d) "Yours faithfully and with all sympathy."

2. Where is Rilke when he writes the second letter?
(a) Viareggio, near Pisa, Italy.
(b) Athens, Greece.
(c) Berlin, Germany.
(d) Florence, Italy.

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

4. Rilke compares a person to a house and a sadness to what?
(a) A yard.
(b) A table.
(c) A guest.
(d) A door.

5. To what does Rilke compare humans' misunderstanding of destiny in letter eight?
(a) Humans' previous misunderstanding of the motion of the sun.
(b) Humans' misunderstanding of human nature.
(c) Humans' misunderstanding of God.
(d) Humans' misunderstanding of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Rilke come to the place where he composes the fourth letter?

2. What does the poem enclosed in the seventh letter express a longing for?

3. What does the young poet write about in his third letter to Rilke that Rilke mentions in his letter back to the young poet?

4. Rilke says that in certain places, the emergence of women is already taking place. Where is this?

5. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?

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