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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through LXXI - LXXX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What opposites does Neruda NOT consider in Sonnet LXVI?
(a) Hate and not hate.
(b) Light and darkness.
(c) Cold and fire.
(d) Love and not love.

2. In Sonnet LXVIII, where did the girl whose story Neruda is telling come from?
(a) She came from the heavens.
(b) She came from a ship.
(c) She came from the South.
(d) She came from Isla Negra.

3. In Sonnet LXXVIII, what does Neruda say he has fought against?
(a) Mockery.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Indifference.

4. In his dedication, Neruda says that poets before him have written sonnets whose rhymes are like crystal or cannon fire. What does Neruda say his poems are made of?
(a) Silver.
(b) Wood.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Sand.

5. What is the girl whose story Neruda is telling in Sonnet LXVIII made of?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Stone.
(c) Sand.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet LXIX, what does Neruda say "nothingness" is?

2. In Sonnet XIV, what does Neruda say Italians call Matilde?

3. In Sonnet XXI, what does Neruda tell Matilde is the reason he cries in his sleep?

4. In Sonnet XXVI, which of Matilde's qualities does Neruda say the earth has imitated?

5. In Sonnet LXXVII, what does time sprinkle in Matilde's heart?

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