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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day is described in Sonnet LXXIX?
(a) Morning.
(b) Evening.
(c) Night.
(d) Afternoon.

2. In Sonnet LXX, what wounds Neruda?
(a) His unrequited love.
(b) The silence of the jungle.
(c) Matilde's eyes.
(d) His loneliness.

3. In Sonnet XCIX, what time period does Neruda contemplate?
(a) The time before the beginning of the world.
(b) The past.
(c) The end of time.
(d) The future.

4. Which image does Neruda NOT use to describe the constellation in Sonnet LXXXVI?
(a) A fish.
(b) A box.
(c) Parsley.
(d) Frost.

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

6. In Sonnet LXXI, what human feature does Neruda describe the earth as having?
(a) Hair.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Breath.

7. In Sonnet XCI, what does Neruda give Matilde that "fills with years like a swelling cluster of fruit?"
(a) His life.
(b) His poems.
(c) Their plans for the future.
(d) Her identity.

8. In Sonnet LXXIV, Neruda describes a road that is "wet with the waters" of what month?
(a) July.
(b) February.
(c) August.
(d) April.

9. In Sonnet LXXIII, what word does Neruda use to describe the woman who "rose like a fish from the abyss?"
(a) Thin.
(b) Bony.
(c) Pallid.
(d) Vague.

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

11. In Sonnet LXX, which of Neruda's emotions is revealed after he is wounded?
(a) His pride.
(b) His anger.
(c) His grief.
(d) His selfishness.

12. In Sonnet LVI, what does Neruda say gives Matilde its "crystalline proportions?"
(a) Light.
(b) Quartz.
(c) Glass.
(d) Salt.

13. In Sonnet XCVII, what mode of transportation does Neruda note has made "shoes and pathways... no longer enough?"
(a) Cycling.
(b) Flying.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Driving.

14. In Sonnet LXXI, Neruda says that love is like what kind of city?
(a) A destroyed city.
(b) An abandoned city.
(c) A crowded city.
(d) A lunatic city.

15. In Sonnet XCIII, how does Neruda say he will die if Matilde dies before him?
(a) He will die in his sleep.
(b) He will die kissing her.
(c) He will die from grief.
(d) He will die holding her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet XCIII, what does Neruda ask Matilde to do if she dies before him?

2. In Sonnet LIII, what does Neruda say "fly and make their white creations?"

3. What is Matilde doing in Sonnet LXXX?

4. What is the girl whose story Neruda is telling in Sonnet LXVIII made of?

5. In Sonnet LXVII, to what does Neruda compare Matilde's kisses?

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