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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the house in Sonnet LXXV doing when Neruda and Matilde return to it?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Yawning.
(d) Laughing.

2. In Sonnet LVI, what does Neruda say gives Matilde its "crystalline proportions?"
(a) Glass.
(b) Salt.
(c) Quartz.
(d) Light.

3. In Sonnet LIX, what does Neruda say is the only reason that people defame poets?
(a) Their work belongs to the people, not themselves.
(b) Poetry is not respected as an art form.
(c) They are dead and cannot defend themselves.
(d) The nature of poetry leaves it open to interpretation.

4. In Sonnet LIII, what does Neruda NOT cite as "a man's needs, and a woman's?"
(a) Bread.
(b) Water.
(c) Table.
(d) Wine.

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

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

7. What image does Neruda NOT use to describe the sleeping lovers in Sonnet LXXXIV?
(a) A chalice.
(b) A drop in a river.
(c) Marble statues.
(d) A dark space.

8. What does Neruda say in Sonnet XCIV will make him "die a second time?"
(a) Seeing Matilde forget him after he has died.
(b) Seeing Matilde remarry after he has died.
(c) Seeing Matilde die too quickly.
(d) Seeing Matilde suffer after he has died.

9. In Sonnet LXVII, to what does Neruda compare Matilde's kisses?
(a) Wind.
(b) Wine.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Rain.

10. In Sonnet LXIV, what does Neruda realize about what he owes Matilde for curing him?
(a) He will repay Matilde for the rest of his life.
(b) He has repaid Matilde with his love.
(c) He knows exactly how much he owes Matilde.
(d) He can not fathom how much he owes Matilde.

11. In Sonnet XCVII, what mode of transportation does Neruda note has made "shoes and pathways... no longer enough?"
(a) Swimming.
(b) Driving.
(c) Flying.
(d) Cycling.

12. In Sonnet LI, Neruda describes Matilde as what landmark?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A tree.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A river.

13. In Sonnet LXXVIII, what does Neruda say he has fought against?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Mockery.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Apathy.

14. In Sonnet LXII, what overshadows the love between Neruda and Matilde?
(a) People who hate love.
(b) Neruda's jealousy.
(c) Sickness and death.
(d) The pain of every day life.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the "huge and sorrowful family" described in Sonnet LV?

3. In Sonnet LXXIV, Neruda describes a road that is "wet with the waters" of what month?

4. What is the constellation Neruda addresses in Sonnet LXXXVI?

5. In Sonnet LV, what does Neruda NOT say attacks "the honied contentment" of love?

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