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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the river in Sonnet XLIX signify?
(a) Love.
(b) Time.
(c) Fate.
(d) Sleep.

2. Why does Neruda state that he does not love Matilde in Sonnet XLIV?
(a) So he can love her more in the future.
(b) Because she is too complex to love fully.
(c) Because he can not grasp her beauty.
(d) So she can remain an individual.

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

4. In Sonnet LXXV, what does Neruda say the house has forgotten how to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Function.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Bloom.

5. What does Neruda propose he and Matilde do at the end of Sonnet LXXVIII?
(a) Plant a garden in the hills.
(b) Light a fire on a mountain.
(c) Swing freely through the trees.
(d) Drift down time's river.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet XLII, what does Neruda say shields the earth from daylight?

2. When Neruda returns to Matilde in Sonnet LXXX, where had he been?

3. In Sonnet XXIV, describes the clouds and what "triumphant" group of people?

4. What is Matilde doing in Sonnet LXXX?

5. In Sonnet XXIII, what flower does Neruda say is "smearing around its bruised secrets?"

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