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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 XIX, what image does Neruda NOT use to describe the insect he watches?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A needle.
(c) A thief.
(d) A spike.

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

3. In Sonnet II, what ultimately brings Neruda and Matilde together?
(a) Fate.
(b) Their love.
(c) Their loneliness.
(d) The country.

4. In Sonnet VII, what does Neruda say he can see in Matilde's life?
(a) The past.
(b) The future.
(c) Everything that lives.
(d) Everything that is good.

5. In Sonnet LIV, what two things does Neruda describe as being "like two wings?"
(a) The mind and love.
(b) Lovers' passion and love.
(c) Matilde's hands.
(d) Matilde's feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet XVIII, Neruda says that Matilde moves through the mountains as swiftly as what two objects?

2. In Sonnet XIV, what does Neruda say Italians call Matilde?

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

4. In Sonnet XXXVI, what does Neruda like watching Matilde do in her "miniature empire?"

5. In Sonnet LVI, what does Neruda say is exhausted by his songs?

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