2. At the close of letter eight, what does Rilke tell the poet about people who give him advice?
(a) The young poet should be skeptical of people who give him advice.
(b) The young poet should avoid people who give him advice.
(c) People who give the young poet advice should look to their own troubles.
(d) People who give the young poet advice have had troubled times in their lives, as well.

3. What famous author does Rilke reference in letter eight?
(a) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

4. How does Rilke say the young poet's career compares to other careers?
(a) Rilke says that the young poet's career is better than other careers because it allows more solitude.
(b) Rilke says the young poet's career is more distinguished than other careers.
(c) Rilke says that the young poet's career has more conventions than other careers.
(d) Rilke says that the young poet's career is essentially the same as all other careers.

5. How does Rilke note that the future change in the role of women affects love?
(a) It makes love more patient.
(b) It makes love more human.
(c) It makes love more feminine.
(d) It makes love more real.

6. Why does Rilke delay so long in replying to the young poet's fifth letter?
(a) Rilke does not like to write letters when he is traveling.
(b) The young poet's fifth letter has angered Rilke.
(c) Rilke leaves the young poet's letter in another city.
(d) Rilke has been ill.

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 is everywhere.
(d) That he has not yet come.

8. What does Rilke say about fears in the world in letter eight?
(a) Fears are natural.
(b) Gears must be acknowledged.
(c) Fears must be ignored.
(d) We have created the fears.

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

10. In what manner does Rilke say one must be when one is sad?
(a) Lonely and attentive.
(b) Angry and vocal.
(c) Solitary and depressed.
(d) Dutiful and silent.

11. To what does Rilke compare "dangerous" sadness?
(a) Drunkeness.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sicknesses.
(d) Egoism.

12. From where does Rilke write the fifth letter?
(a) Florence, Italy.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Bremen, Germany.
(d) Rome, Italy.

13. 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 relishing his solitude.
(d) The young poet is enjoying his new career.

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

15. In letter five, what statue does Rilke mention is near his place of residence?
(a) An equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius.
(b) A statue by Rodin.
(c) A statue of Ovid.
(d) An equestrian statue of Julius Caesar.