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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XXI - XXX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sonnet XXI, what season does Neruda say he does not want to go "one moment more without?"
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

2. In Sonnet IV, what are some "Gifts from the earth" Neruda asks Matilde to remember?
(a) Butterflies, trees, trails, animals.
(b) Jaguars, lakes, trees.
(c) Smells, clay, weeds and roots, thorns.
(d) Mists, rain, the sun, sand, waves.

3. In Sonnet XIV, which of Matilde's features does Neruda say he does not have time to celebrate?
(a) Her hips.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her neck.

4. In Sonnet VI, Neruda is lost in a forest and breaks off a twig, hoping for some moisture to ease his thirst. What effect does the twig's scent have on him?
(a) The scent of the twig wounds him.
(b) The scent of the twig makes him angry.
(c) The scent of the twig makes him homesick.
(d) The scent of the twig makes him more thirsty.

5. 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) Sand.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Silver.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is a prominent motif in Sonnet XXIV?

2. In Sonnet XVI, Neruda relates Matilde's body to which object?

3. In Sonnet XXX, what is the lost object that Neruda says no one will retrieve?

4. In Sonnet XXIII, what does Neruda say will endure even after the end of the world?

5. In Sonnet XXVII, Neruda says that Matilde is "as blue as the night" of what country?

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