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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rilke challenges the young poet to ask himself a question regarding his writing. What is that question?
(a) "Is my writing genuine?"
(b) "Must all of these words be part of the work?"
(c) "Must I write?"
(d) "Is my writing truly reflective of myself?"

2. 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) A sage.
(d) An expert.

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

4. In letter eight, what does Rilke say the young poet "overvalues"?
(a) Sex.
(b) Victory.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Sadness.

5. In the third letter, Rilke requests that the young poet avoid something. What is it that he asks the poet to avoid?
(a) Studying science.
(b) Reading contemporary literature.
(c) Reading aesthetic criticism.
(d) Drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke send to the young poet in reply to the poet's first letter?

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

3. What does Rilke say is "the most difficult of all our tasks"?

4. In letter five, to where does Rilke say he is preparing to move?

5. What does Rilke suggest that all humans share in, both women and men?

(see the answer key)

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