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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Neruda and Matilde in Sonnet C?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The center of the earth.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Heaven.

2. What does Neruda say in Sonnet LVIII "snapped at his honest heels" with "sharp little teeth?"
(a) Literature.
(b) Self-doubt.
(c) Academia.
(d) Poetry.

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

4. In Sonnet LV, what does Neruda NOT say attacks "the honied contentment" of love?
(a) Shattered glass.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Fights.
(d) Thorns.

5. What is Neruda looking for in Sonnet LXV?
(a) Matilde.
(b) His heart.
(c) His homeland.
(d) His inspiration.

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

7. Which image does Neruda NOT use to describe the constellation in Sonnet LXXXVI?
(a) Frost.
(b) A box.
(c) A fish.
(d) Parsley.

8. In Sonnet XCVII, what flower does Neruda say the subject of the poem will be transformed into on another planet?
(a) Roses.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Daisies.

9. In Sonnet LXI, what does Neruda describe as having a "tail of pain" and a "train of static thorns?"
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Sleep.
(d) His critics.

10. In Sonnet LXXXIII, what does Neruda say he wants to be over his eyes when he dies?
(a) The darkness of sleep.
(b) Matilde's hands.
(c) The warmth of peace.
(d) Matilde's hair.

11. In Sonnet XC, what is one thing Neruda does NOT say is meaningless after death?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Treasures.
(c) Love.
(d) His books.

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

13. In Sonnet LXXIX, what does Neruda describe as "a double drum in the forest, pounding against the thick wall of wet leaves?"
(a) His heart and Matilde's heart.
(b) Time.
(c) His hatred for his critics.
(d) His mortality.

14. In Sonnet XCIX, in what form does Neruda say his heart will exist after he is long dead?
(a) It will exist as water.
(b) It will exist as steam.
(c) It will exist as rich soil.
(d) It will exist as dust.

15. In Sonnet LXXXII, what is the "shadow" that Neruda calls an "intermittent friend?"
(a) Sleep.
(b) Death.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet XCII, what does Neruda force himself not to contemplate?

2. In Sonnet XCVII, what mode of transportation does Neruda note has made "shoes and pathways... no longer enough?"

3. In Sonnet LXX, which of Neruda's emotions is revealed after he is wounded?

4. In Sonnet XC, what does Neruda say is the only thing that matters "when death comes knocking?"

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

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