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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) Yawning.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Thinking.

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

3. In Sonnet LXXXVII, Neruda contemplates the "ceaseless origins" of which human emotion?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Loneliness.

4. What is the constellation Neruda addresses in Sonnet LXXXVI?
(a) Cassiopeia.
(b) Orion.
(c) Ursa Major.
(d) The Southern Cross.

5. 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.

6. In Sonnet LXXIV, Neruda describes a road that is "wet with the waters" of what month?
(a) April.
(b) August.
(c) February.
(d) July.

7. In Sonnet LXX, which of Neruda's emotions is revealed after he is wounded?
(a) His anger.
(b) His pride.
(c) His grief.
(d) His selfishness.

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

9. In Sonnet LIII, what does Neruda say "fly and make their white creations?"
(a) Matilde's hands.
(b) Neruda's thoughts.
(c) Matilde's feet.
(d) Neruda's poems.

10. In Sonnet LXXXVIII, what month does Neruda say "returns with its secret light?"
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) March.
(d) May.

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

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

13. In Sonnet LXXVII, what does time sprinkle in Matilde's heart?
(a) Water.
(b) Petals.
(c) Flour.
(d) Seeds.

14. What are Neruda and Matilde looking for in Sonnet LXXI?
(a) Refreshment after their long travels.
(b) A place to live in peace.
(c) A lost child.
(d) A way to renew their fading love.

15. In Sonnet XCIII, how does Neruda say he will die if Matilde dies before him?
(a) He will die kissing her.
(b) He will die from grief.
(c) He will die holding her hand.
(d) He will die in his sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neruda NOT say "should all sleep" in Sonnet LXXXI?

2. In Sonnet LXIV, what malady of Neruda's does Matilde cure?

3. Where are Neruda and Matilde in Sonnet C?

4. In Sonnet LIX, what does Neruda say is the only reason that people defame poets?

5. In Sonnet LXXXIV, what does Neruda say "supports the columns of the heaven's harbor?"

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