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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke ask the young poet to do for him at the end of the first letter?
(a) Tell Professor Horacek of Rilke's esteem for him.
(b) Write a letter to the young poet's school informing the school of Rilke's success.
(c) Visit his mother.
(d) Distribute Rilke's books to the young poet's friends.

2. In letter three, how many books does Rilke say he has published?
(a) 18.
(b) 12 or 13.
(c) 20 or 21.
(d) 25 or 26.

3. In the first letter, what does Rilke advise the poet to do to improve his writing?
(a) Emulate the best classical poets.
(b) Take a poetry class with Rilke.
(c) Examine his inner self to determine what writing means to him.
(d) Begin studying music.

4. In letter three, what does Rilke claim to be the most important element of becoming an artist?
(a) Love.
(b) Patience.
(c) Open-mindedness.
(d) Creativity.

5. What works by the writer who Rilke revers most does Rilke always have accessible to him?
(a) Winter's Best and On the Way.
(b) Six Stories and Niels Lyhne.
(c) An Endless Summer and Tomorrow.
(d) Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?

2. What does Rilke advise the poet to do in regard to his efforts to get published?

3. In the second letter, who does Rilke cite as his artistic influences?

4. How does the young poet describe the writer and personal acquaintance Rilke mentions?

5. What writer does Rilke revere most?

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