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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. Rilke tells the young poet that in regard to his sickness, he is a sick man, a convalescent, and what else?
2. What famous author does Rilke reference in letter eight?
3. At the close of letter seven, what love does Rilke tell the young poet to remember?
4. What aspect of human life does Rilke say is most burdened with conventions?
5. What does Rilke say women have more of than men?
Short Essay Questions
1. In letter seven, Rilke compares an ideal romantic relationship to "two solitudes [that] protect and border and salute each other." What does he mean by this?
2. In letter six, what does Rilke tell the young poet he should do if he is lonely?
3. Rilke implies that security and comfort are negative. Why?
4. What does Rilke mean when he says that the names of things are often misrepresented of what things are?
5. Rilke indicates that humans have distanced themselves from the spiritual realm, from God, and from each other. How has this distancing occurred?
6. Explain what Rilke means when in letter eight he says that sadness "are the moments when something new has entered into us".
7. Why does Rilke believe that women are responsible for a future change in humans' approach to romantic love?
8. What is Rilke's view of God?
9. What can be inferred about the mental and emotional state of the young poet from Rilke's reply in letter six?
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
What are Rilke's views on gender roles? How does Rilke view gender and its construction?
Essay Topic 2
Explain what Rilke meant when he said in letter ten that "Art...is only a way of living". How is this statement developed in other excerpts from the letters?
Essay Topic 3
Explain to what extent the young poet seems to have followed Rilke's advice and how it seems he develops over the course of his correspondence with Rilke.
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