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

4. What does Rilke say is wrong with the way most people approach love?
(a) They believe it will always be easy.
(b) They focus too much on sex.
(c) They abandon their true selves in their passion.
(d) They forget to value their partners.

5. What does Rilke say humans have grown away from because of their lack of courage?
(a) Nature.
(b) The creative self.
(c) Art.
(d) The spiritual aspects of existence.

6. In what year is Rilke writing the eighth letter?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1904.

7. What does Rilke imply about losing God?
(a) Losing God is part of growing up.
(b) Once found, God cannot be lost.
(c) Losing God is necessary if one is to find God.
(d) God does not exist.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

11. At the close of the sixth letter, what does Rilke advise the young poet to do in regards to the coming holiday?
(a) Celebrate by writing.
(b) Celebrate with others.
(c) Celebrate by committing to the idea that acts of love and joy are preparing the way for God.
(d) Celebrate in solitude and gratitude.

12. To what does Rilke compare the realization about the true nature of human existence in letter eight?
(a) A person transported from one country to another.
(b) A person placed in the presence of God.
(c) A single person left after a war.
(d) A person is suddenly taken from his house and placed on top of a mountain.

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

14. What does Rilke say is "the most difficult of all our tasks"?
(a) To love another person.
(b) To truly embrace solitude.
(c) To know God.
(d) To uncover the true self.

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