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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rilke's primary criticism of the young poet's writing in the first letter?
(a) It does not rhyme.
(b) It is shallow.
(c) It lacks creativity.
(d) It has no individual style.

2. What type of locale is Rilke in as he is writing the fourth letter to the young poet?
(a) A farm.
(b) A rural plain.
(c) A southern seaside.
(d) A city.

3. In the first letter, which of the young poet's pieces does Rilke say demonstrates the most talent?
(a) "To Leopardi."
(b) "Ode to the Hills."
(c) "My Soul."
(d) Sonnet IV.

4. Near the close of the fourth letter, Rilke mentions the positive aspects of the young poet's new profession. What are those positive aspects?
(a) Discipline and self-sufficiency.
(b) Inedependence and self-sufficiency.
(c) Discipline and solitude.
(d) Independence and solitude.

5. In what year does Rilke write the fourth letter?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke thank the young poet for at the end of the first letter?

2. What is Rilke's salutation at the end of the first letter?

3. In the first letter, what does Rilke advise the poet to do to improve his writing?

4. In the fourth letter, what does Rilke say he wishes human beings are more reverent toward?

5. Where is the young poet who is the recipient of the letters studying when he begins to receive correspondence from Rilke?

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