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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sonnet XCIX, what time period does Neruda contemplate?
(a) The past.
(b) The end of time.
(c) The future.
(d) The time before the beginning of the world.

2. What is the girl whose story Neruda is telling in Sonnet LXVIII made of?
(a) Stone.
(b) Wood.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Sand.

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

4. What is the "huge and sorrowful family" described in Sonnet LV?
(a) Husbands.
(b) Poets.
(c) Humanity as a whole.
(d) City people.

5. In Sonnet LXIV, love tints Neruda's life what color?
(a) Gold.
(b) Blue.
(c) Orange.
(d) Purple.

6. In Sonnet LXIX, what does Neruda say "nothingness" is?
(a) The sound of waves on the shore.
(b) Matilde's silence.
(c) Matilde's absence.
(d) The sound of wind in the trees.

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

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

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

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

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

12. In Sonnet LXXXII, what does Neruda say happens to him and Matilde when they dream?
(a) They travel the world together.
(b) They are allowed to be individuals.
(c) They are united in their dreams.
(d) They can read the other's mind.

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

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

15. In Sonnet LXXXIV, what does Neruda say "supports the columns of the heaven's harbor?"
(a) The moon.
(b) Saturn.
(c) The lovers' dreams.
(d) The stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet LVI, what word does Neruda say fills the world with doves?

2. What are Neruda and Matilde looking for in Sonnet LXXI?

3. In Sonnet LXXXIII, where is Matilde as she sleeps?

4. According to Sonnet LIX, what harasses "Poor unlucky poets?"

5. In Sonnet LXXXIII, what does Neruda say he wants to be over his eyes when he dies?

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