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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rilke suggest one knows if one should not be a poet?
(a) If one cannot get published after 100 tries.
(b) If one is bored by one's own writing.
(c) If one does not like to read others' poetry.
(d) If one can live without writing.

2. Which letter from the young poet is Rilke responding to with his fourth letter?
(a) The young poet's letter of Easter, 1903.
(b) The young poet's letter of May 2, 1903.
(c) The young poet's letter of Easter, 1907.
(d) The young poet's letter of May 2, 1908.

3. In the fourth letter, who does Rilke say is more similar than people think?
(a) Artists and farmers.
(b) Humans and animals.
(c) Officers and prisoners.
(d) Men and women.

4. Where does Rilke say humans should look for lessons on how to approach sex and pleasure?
(a) Artists.
(b) The work of the great poets.
(c) Plants and animals.
(d) The Bible.

5. Who does Rilke tell the young poet to be considerate of because of their fear of solitude?
(a) Children.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Artists who have not yet found their way.
(d) Parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what holiday does the young poet write his third letter to Rilke?

2. What does the young poet request in his third letter to Rilke?

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

4. What does Rilke say about Professor Horacek in his first letter?

5. What does Rilke ask the young poet to do for him at the end of the first letter?

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