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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. From where does Rilke write the fifth letter?
2. In what season is Rilke writing the seventh letter?
3. At the close of the sixth letter, how does Rilke tell the young poet to be?
4. What does Rilke say is "the most difficult of all our tasks"?
5. Why has it taken so long for Rilke to reply to the young poet with his seventh letter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advice does Rilke give the young poet for doctoring his sadness?
2. Why does Rilke advise the young poet "to be lonely and attentive when one is sad" in letter eight?
3. What does Rilke say that the average person will continue to do in regards to love?
4. In letter five, Rilke comments on Rome and says that the first few days one is in Rome have "an oppressively sad effect" because everything in Rome is old and looking backward toward the past. How does this sentiment reflect Rilke's life philosophies as he has expressed them thus far in the book?
5. In letter six, what does Rilke tell the young poet he should do if he is lonely?
6. What does Rilke mean when he says that humans have no choice in deciding to be solitary?
7. How does Rilke respond to the young poet's expression of fear that the young poet has lost God?
8. What is Rilke's definition of love?
9. Why does Rilke send a copy of the young poet's sonnet with letter seven?
10. What is Rilke's view of God?
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
Discuss the apparent contradiction between Rilke's separate emphases on solitude and meaningful sexual union with other human beings.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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