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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke advise the young poet to take comfort in if he feels uneasy in his new profession?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing.

2. In what season is Rilke writing the seventh letter?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

3. In what season does Rilke write the second letter?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

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

5. To what does Rilke compare artistic experience?
(a) Religion.
(b) Sex.
(c) Epiphany.
(d) Transcendence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rilke when he writes the second letter?

2. What does Rilke say in the seventh letter about things that are difficult?

3. What does Rilke say the young poet should do if he determines he should not be a poet?

4. How does Rilke suggest one knows if one should not be a poet?

5. Rilke tells the young poet that in regard to his sickness, he is a sick man, a convalescent, and what else?

(see the answer key)

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