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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the third letter, Rilke requests that the young poet avoid something. What is it that he asks the poet to avoid?
2. What does the young poet request in his third letter to Rilke?
3. What does Rilke advise the young poet to seek in regard to his sexuality?
4. What does Rilke tell the young poet to rejoice in?
5. How does Professor Horacek know Rilke?
Short Essay Questions
1. Rilke places emphasis on the importance of solitude. Why is solitude so important?
2. What type of writing does Rilke advocate for?
3. What do letters two and three suggest about the young poet's interest in Rilke's advice?
4. At the end of letter four, Rilke mentions the young poet's new profession. What is this profession?
5. What does Rilke mean when he says in letter three that sex "is not sufficiently human, [but] is only male"?
6. What does Rilke say about the reading and re-reading of works by Jens Peter Jacobsen?
7. What does Rilke mean when he tells the young poet in the first letter that the poet's work has "no individual style"?
8. How does Rilke advise the young poet to approach works of art?
9. What does Rilke mean when, in the first letter, he suggests that critical commentary on art results in "happy misunderstandings"?
10. What can we infer from the fact that in the first letter, Rilke's closing salutation is with "with sympathy?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain Rilke's ideas about the interrelationship of sex and art. How are sex and art similar? What should the role of sexuality be in the life of the artist?
Essay Topic 2
Compile, analyze, and explain a unified artistic theory according to Rilke.
Essay Topic 3
In what ways does Rilke present artistic and personal development as inextricable? Why are they inextricable? Are there any contradictions in this interconnectedness?
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