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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where does Rilke write the fourth letter?
(a) Viareggio, near Pisa, Italy.
(b) Worpswede, near Bremen, Germany.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

3. What does Rilke call himself in relation to the young poet at the end of the first letter?
(a) A master.
(b) A stranger.
(c) An expert.
(d) A sage.

4. Where is the young poet who is the recipient of the letters studying when he begins to receive correspondence from Rilke?
(a) A military academy in Prague.
(b) A military academy in Germany.
(c) A military academy in Paris.
(d) A military acdemy in Oslo.

5. What writer and personal acquaintance does Rilke discuss in letter three?
(a) Richard Strauss.
(b) Richard Dehmel.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) Professor Horacek.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which letter from the young poet is Rilke responding to with his fourth letter?

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

4. What does Rilke advise the young poet to buy in letter three?

5. In the third letter, what does Rilke say he wishes he could do for the young poet but is unable to do?

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