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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Sonnet LII, what does Matilde do that causes the whole earth to sing?
(a) She breathes.
(b) She sings.
(c) She dances.
(d) She walks.

3. What is the name of the painter that Neruda describes in Sonnet LXXVI?
(a) Benito Rojo.
(b) Diego Rivera.
(c) Francisco Goya.
(d) Frieda Kahlo.

4. In Sonnet LVI, what does Neruda say is exhausted by his songs?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Mistrust.
(c) Anger.
(d) Envy.

5. 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 die too quickly.
(c) Seeing Matilde suffer after he has died.
(d) Seeing Matilde remarry after he has died.

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

7. In Sonnet LXXIII, what word does Neruda use to describe the woman who "rose like a fish from the abyss?"
(a) Vague.
(b) Thin.
(c) Pallid.
(d) Bony.

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

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

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

11. In Sonnet XCIII, what does Neruda ask Matilde to do if she dies before him?
(a) To look at him as she passes.
(b) To leave her mouth half-open.
(c) To hold his hand when she dies.
(d) To die smiling.

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

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

14. According to Sonnet LXII, what is the only thing that Neruda and Matilde want and which is overshadowed by others?
(a) They only want to love each other.
(b) They want to live alone on Isla Negra.
(c) They want their families' approval.
(d) They want their life to be simple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which image does Neruda NOT use to describe the constellation in Sonnet LXXXVI?

2. What time of day is described in Sonnet LXXIX?

3. In Sonnet LXXXVII, what does Neruda see in the sky that causes him to write the poem and contemplate its content?

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

5. In Sonnet LXXI, what human feature does Neruda describe the earth as having?

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