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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the close of the sixth letter, how does Rilke tell the young poet to be?
(a) "Be one with nature."
(b) "Be happy in solitude."
(c) "Be joyful in art."
(d) "Be glad and confident."

2. Rilke writes that "most events are inexpressible," and says that one category of things is more inexpressible than all the rest. What is this category?
(a) Human frailty.
(b) Human suffering.
(c) Works of art.
(d) Human communication.

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. Why isn't Rilke able to fill the request the young poet poses in his third letter to Rilke?
(a) Rilke is too poor to afford to buy his books.
(b) Rilk is preparing to move.
(c) Rilke doesn't want to encourage the young poet.
(d) Rilke is ill.

5. During what decade does the correspondence contained in this volume take place?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1890s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the fifth letter, Rilke tells the young poet that a package the young poet has sent to him has not arrived. What is in the package?

3. Who writes the poem Rilke encloses with his seventh letter?

4. What is the young poet's military rank?

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

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