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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke advise the young poet to do if he cannot connect with people?
(a) Develop his sense of empathy.
(b) Learn an instrument.
(c) Identify with nature, animals, and children.
(d) Read more books.

2. From where is the seventh letter written?
(a) Bremen, Germany.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Athens, Greece.

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

4. What does Rilke suggest that all humans share in, both women and men?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Transcendence.
(d) Motherhood.

5. In letter seven, what does Rilke say that love should be?
(a) A selfless act.
(b) A union of one with another.
(c) A motivation for each person to become wholly him or herself.
(d) A balance of mental and physical.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rilke suggest one knows if one should not be a poet?

2. In the first letter, what does Rilke cite as the most disruptive hindrance to the young poet's progress?

3. What does Rilke say about everything that is serious?

4. What does Rilke claim a sadness that enters into the body is in actuality?

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

(see the answer key)

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