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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the fourth letter, where does Rilke instruct the young poet to look for answers to his deepest questions?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Nature.
(d) Creativity.

2. What does Rilke advise the young poet to buy in letter three?
(a) A collection of the complete works of William Shakespeare.
(b) A collection of the complete works of Jens Peter Jacobsen.
(c) A collection of the complete works of Sophocles.
(d) A collection of the complete works of Homer.

3. In what year does Rilke write the third letter?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1908.

4. 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.

5. In the second letter, who does Rilke cite as his artistic influences?
(a) Shakespeare and Beethoven.
(b) The writer of the Psalms and Shakespeare.
(c) Jens Peter Jacobsen and the writer of the Psalms.
(d) Jens Peter Jacobsen and Auguste Rodin.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What has brought Rilke to the place from where he writes the second letter?

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