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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through LXI - LXX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sonnet XXXII, what starts the morning with "its truths scrambled" and that "drifts like a poor little boat?"
(a) The city.
(b) The sun.
(c) The sea.
(d) The house.

2. In Sonnet XXX, Neruda says that Matilde has hair as thick as what kind of tree?
(a) A banyan.
(b) An oak.
(c) A larch.
(d) A pine.

3. In Sonnet XXXIV, Neruda says that Matilde is the daughter of what natural body?
(a) The sea.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The sun.
(d) The stars.

4. In Sonnet XLVI, what is the "one wave" Neruda chooses?
(a) Isla Negra.
(b) His poetry.
(c) Matilde.
(d) His heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet XXXV, what flower does Neruda describe as having a "sad savage odor?"

2. In Sonnet XXXIII, where are Neruda and Matilde going when they traverse "the crackling sea?"

3. In Sonnet V, Neruda relates Matilde's hips to what object?

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

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

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