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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. How does Rilke say individuals can help prepare for God's coming?
2. From where is Rilke's sixth letter written?
3. What does Rilke say about fears in the world in letter eight?
4. What does Rilke assert about the nature of human existence that he claims is a fact whether we think so or not?
5. What does Rilke say is wrong with the way most people approach love?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rilke mean when he says that the names of things are often misrepresented of what things are?
2. Rilke comments on the young poet's profession and compares the young poet's profession to other professions. What is Rilke's general idea about professions?
3. Why does Rilke advise the young poet "to be lonely and attentive when one is sad" in letter eight?
4. Explain what Rilke means when in letter eight he says that sadness "are the moments when something new has entered into us".
5. What does Rilke say about fear?
6. Why does Rilke send a copy of the young poet's sonnet with letter seven?
7. Rilke implies that security and comfort are negative. Why?
8. What advice does Rilke give the young poet for doctoring his sadness?
9. In letter six, Rilke encourages the young poet to maintain what he calls "a child's wise incomprehension" rather than joining in the "defensiveness and disdain" that are shared by the masses. What does he mean by this?
10. What can be inferred about the young poet's feelings toward his own solitude from Rilke's seventh letter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the advice Rilke presents to the young poet and the way Rilke takes his own advice based on research into Rilke's life.
Essay Topic 2
Explain and analyze Rilke's views on careerism. How could the time in which Rilke lived have affected his views on careerism?
Essay Topic 3
Explain Rilke's focus on solitude and why he thinks it is important for artistic and personal development. What does solitude mean to Rilke? Why is solitude Rilke's primary message to the young poet?
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