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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sonnet LXVII, where is the origin of the rain that falls on Isla Negra?
(a) Maccu Piccu.
(b) Guatemala.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The South.

2. In Sonnet XCII, what does Neruda say has no birth and no death, and will therefore last forever?
(a) Passion.
(b) His poetry.
(c) Matilde's memory.
(d) Love.

3. In Sonnet XCVIII, what does Neruda say silences the word in the poem?
(a) His pride.
(b) Matilde's shyness.
(c) His jealous love.
(d) His brooding love.

4. In Sonnet XCIV, what does Neruda ask Matilde to do if he dies before her?
(a) He asks her to remarry.
(b) He asks her to start writing poetry.
(c) He asks her to carry on and live fully.
(d) He asks her to pray for his soul.

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

6. In Sonnet LVI, what word does Neruda say fills the world with doves?
(a) "Cariño."
(b) "Amor."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Matilde."

7. In Sonnet LVII, who is defeated by the love between Matilde and Neruda's love?
(a) Neruda's literary critics.
(b) People who gossip about and slander Neruda.
(c) Neruda's romantic rivals.
(d) Neruda's political opponents.

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

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

10. In Sonnet LXXI, Neruda says that love is like what kind of city?
(a) A lunatic city.
(b) An abandoned city.
(c) A crowded city.
(d) A destroyed city.

11. What type of person does Neruda NOT describe as trying to "tie time down?"
(a) Bureaucrats.
(b) Transients.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Businessmen.

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

13. According to Sonnet LIX, what harasses "Poor unlucky poets?"
(a) LIfe and death.
(b) Order and chaos.
(c) Nature and mankind.
(d) Happiness and sadness.

14. In Sonnet LXXIII, what are the man and woman in Neruda's poem protecting themselves from?
(a) War.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Hate.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the painter in Sonnet LXXVI painting?

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

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

5. In Sonnet LVI, what does Neruda say gives Matilde its "crystalline proportions?"

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