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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In letter ten, what does Rilke say about the news he has received from the young poet?
(a) It is good news.
(b) It is tragic news.
(c) It is bad news.
(d) It is troubling news.

2. Where is the young poet while Rilke is writing letter ten?
(a) A University.
(b) A military fort.
(c) At his parents' home.
(d) On Vacation.

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

4. To what does Rilke compare people who are preparing for God?
(a) Fools.
(b) Bees.
(c) Poems.
(d) Roses.

5. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Rilke is ill.
(b) Rilk is preparing to move.
(c) Rilke doesn't want to encourage the young poet.
(d) Rilke is too poor to afford to buy his books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rilke says that there is only one thing that "can grasp and hold and be just toward" art. What is that thing?

2. What does Rilke say is "the only courage demanded of us"?

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

4. Where is the young poet who is the recipient of the letters studying when he begins to receive correspondence from Rilke?

5. Why does it take Rilke so long to reply to the young poet with the ninth letter?

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