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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke say women have more of than men?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Love.
(c) Patience.
(d) Humanity.

2. Why has Rilke come to the place where he composes the fourth letter?
(a) To meet with his publisher.
(b) To write in solitude.
(c) To improve his health.
(d) To visit his family.

3. Rilke says that eventually women no longer are the opposite of men, but something else. What are they?
(a) Feminine beings whole in themselves.
(b) The inferiors of men.
(c) The teachers of men.
(d) The superiors of men.

4. What does the poem enclosed in the seventh letter express a longing for?
(a) Love.
(b) Trust.
(c) Faith.
(d) Creative talent.

5. What does Rilke tell the young poet to rejoice in?
(a) The young poet's writing.
(b) The young poet's work.
(c) The young poet's growth.
(d) The young poet's parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke say is bad about physical pleasure?

2. How long has Rilke been in the city from which he writes the fifth letter?

3. Why does it take Rilke so long to respond to the young poet's second letter?

4. How does Professor Horacek know Rilke?

5. What is Rilke's primary criticism of the young poet's writing in the first letter?

(see the answer key)

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