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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sonnet LIII, what does Neruda say "fly and make their white creations?"
(a) Matilde's feet.
(b) Neruda's thoughts.
(c) Neruda's poems.
(d) Matilde's hands.

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

3. In Sonnet C, what do Neruda and Matilde share that Neruda calls "victorious?"
(a) An embrace.
(b) A kiss.
(c) A dream.
(d) A smile.

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

5. In Sonnet LXIV, what does Neruda realize about what he owes Matilde for curing him?
(a) He will repay Matilde for the rest of his life.
(b) He knows exactly how much he owes Matilde.
(c) He has repaid Matilde with his love.
(d) He can not fathom how much he owes Matilde.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet LXXXIX, why does Neruda want Matilde to live on after he has died?

2. In Sonnet LXXIII, what are the man and woman in Neruda's poem protecting themselves from?

3. In Sonnet LV, what does Neruda NOT say attacks "the honied contentment" of love?

4. What is the season that Neruda describes in Sonnet LXXXV?

5. What is the name of the painter that Neruda describes in Sonnet LXXVI?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the man and woman in Sonnet LXXIII, and what do they arm themselves against? Are they successful in fending off their enemy?

2. What effect does Matilde's absence have on Neruda in Sonnet LXV?

3. In Sonnet XCII, what does Neruda choose to contemplate instead of the inevitable death of either himself or Matilde?

4. What defeats envy and rancor in Sonnet LVI?

5. What emotion is symbolized by the "calm slow flower, constantly held out" in Sonnet LXXXVII? What does Neruda see that makes him contemplate that emotion?

6. How does Neruda respond to his critics and those who gossip about him in Sonnet LVII?

7. What does Neruda write are the effects of modern society's infatuation with flying in Sonnet XCVII?

8. What are Neruda and Matilde looking for in Sonnet XCV, and what do they plan to do once they find it?

9. in Sonnet LXIX, what does Neruda say is the possible definition of "nothingness?"

10. In Sonnet LXXXIII, where is Matilde as she sleeps -- both in body and in spirit?

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