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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Sonnet XCI, what does Neruda give Matilde that "fills with years like a swelling cluster of fruit?"
(a) His poems.
(b) His life.
(c) Her identity.
(d) Their plans for the future.

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Sonnet XCV, what does Neruda describe as "the light that endures," and as a "irrevocable delicate thorn?"
(a) The power of death.
(b) He and Matilde, and the love they share.
(c) The beauty of life.
(d) Mortality.

10. In Sonnet XCI, what does Neruda say covers himself and Matilde "like drizzle?"
(a) Age.
(b) Fear.
(c) Patience.
(d) Death.

11. Where is the pain Neruda experiences in Sonnet LXV?
(a) In his brain.
(b) In his leg.
(c) Between his ribs.
(d) In his spirit.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Sonnet LXVIII, where did the girl whose story Neruda is telling come from?

3. What image does Neruda NOT use to describe the sleeping lovers in Sonnet LXXXIV?

4. In Sonnet LXVII, to what does Neruda compare Matilde's kisses?

5. In Sonnet C, what do Neruda and Matilde share that Neruda calls "victorious?"

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