2. Rilke tells the young poet that in regard to his sickness, he is a sick man, a convalescent, and what else?
(a) A shaman.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A medicine.
(d) An illness.

3. Rilke says that in certain places, the emergence of women is already taking place. Where is this?
(a) The eastern countries.
(b) The southern countries.
(c) The northern countries.
(d) The western countries.

4. What does Rilke say about careers in the sixth letter?
(a) They distance the individual from his or her true self.
(b) They provide inspiration for poetry.
(c) They help to discipline the individual.
(d) They show individuals their true selves.

5. What does Rilke say in the seventh letter about things that are difficult?
(a) Things that are difficult should be avoided.
(b) Things that are difficult are worth doing or experiencing.
(c) Things that are difficult enhance our discipline.
(d) Things that are difficult are usually not the things that are best for us.

6. According to Rilke in letter eight, where does destiny originate?
(a) From within individuals.
(b) With thought.
(c) From external events.
(d) With God.

7. What does Rilke encourage the young poet to believe about God?
(a) That he is in art.
(b) That he does not exist.
(c) That he has not yet come.
(d) That he is everywhere.

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

9. What does the sixth letter reveal about the state of the young poet?
(a) The young poet is suffering from writer's block.
(b) The young poet is sad and lonely.
(c) The young poet is enjoying his new career.
(d) The young poet is relishing his solitude.

10. What is the young poet's military rank?
(a) Officer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Soldier.
(d) General.

11. At the close of letter seven, what love does Rilke tell the young poet to remember?
(a) The love of Rilke.
(b) The love of his parents.
(c) The love of nature.
(d) The love of his first experience of solitude.

12. In letter eight, what does Rilke tell the young poet he must be careful with?
(a) Sadnesses.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Names.

13. In what year is the seventh letter written?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1904.

14. Rilke compares the existence of each individual to a room. What portion of that room do most people experience?
(a) The floor.
(b) The doorway.
(c) The entire room.
(d) A single aspect of that room, such as a corner or a window.

15. What does Rilke claim a sadness that enters into the body is in actuality?
(a) A realization.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) A fear.
(d) An unknown.