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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through LXXXI - XC.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Sonnet XVI, Neruda relates Matilde's body to which object?
(a) A mountain range.
(b) The whole countryside.
(c) The entire universe.
(d) A forest.

3. In Sonnet XVIII, Neruda says that Matilde moves through the mountains as swiftly as what two objects?
(a) A puma and a bird.
(b) A breeze and a stream.
(c) A river and an arrow.
(d) A whisper and a prayer.

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

5. In Sonnet XLV, what will Neruda do if Matilde ever leaves his side?
(a) Wander the earth looking for her.
(b) Become insane with grief.
(c) Stop writing poetry.
(d) Die from loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "huge and sorrowful family" described in Sonnet LV?

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

3. In Sonnet LXXXII, what does Neruda say happens to him and Matilde when they dream?

4. In Sonnet LXII, what overshadows the love between Neruda and Matilde?

5. In Sonnet LVI, what does Neruda say gives Matilde its "crystalline proportions?"

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