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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XCI - C.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sonnet LXXIV, Neruda describes a road that is "wet with the waters" of what month?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) August.
(d) July.

2. 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) Wood.
(c) Silver.
(d) Flowers.

3. What is the painter in Sonnet LXXVI painting?
(a) Isla Negra.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Matilde.
(d) The jungle.

4. What color is a prominent motif in Sonnet XXIV?
(a) Gold.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

5. In Sonnet LXX, what wounds Neruda?
(a) His loneliness.
(b) The silence of the jungle.
(c) His unrequited love.
(d) Matilde's eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet LII, what does Matilde do that causes the whole earth to sing?

2. In Sonnet LXVI, what is the reason Neruda says he will die?

3. In Sonnet VII, what does Neruda say he can see in Matilde's life?

4. In Sonnet LXXXVII, Neruda contemplates the "ceaseless origins" of which human emotion?

5. In Sonnet LXIV, love tints Neruda's life what color?

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