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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Sonnet LIX, what does Neruda say is the only reason that people defame poets?
(a) Their work belongs to the people, not themselves.
(b) The nature of poetry leaves it open to interpretation.
(c) They are dead and cannot defend themselves.
(d) Poetry is not respected as an art form.
2. In Sonnet LXX, what wounds Neruda?
(a) The silence of the jungle.
(b) His unrequited love.
(c) His loneliness.
(d) Matilde's eyes.
3. In Sonnet LXVIII, where did the girl whose story Neruda is telling come from?
(a) She came from the heavens.
(b) She came from a ship.
(c) She came from the South.
(d) She came from Isla Negra.
4. In Sonnet LXXIX, what does Neruda describe as "a double drum in the forest, pounding against the thick wall of wet leaves?"
(a) His mortality.
(b) Time.
(c) His heart and Matilde's heart.
(d) His hatred for his critics.
5. In Sonnet XCV, what does Neruda describe as "the light that endures," and as a "irrevocable delicate thorn?"
(a) The power of death.
(b) Mortality.
(c) The beauty of life.
(d) He and Matilde, and the love they share.
6. In Sonnet LVIII, where does Neruda go while he is "singing with the wind?"
(a) Back to his homeland.
(b) To be with Matilde.
(c) Back to his library.
(d) To the sea.
7. In Sonnet LXIV, what does Neruda realize about what he owes Matilde for curing him?
(a) He has repaid Matilde with his love.
(b) He will repay Matilde for the rest of his life.
(c) He knows exactly how much he owes Matilde.
(d) He can not fathom how much he owes Matilde.
8. What is the season that Neruda describes in Sonnet LXXXV?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.
9. In Sonnet LXXXVII, Neruda contemplates the "ceaseless origins" of which human emotion?
(a) Love.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Loneliness.
10. What is the painter in Sonnet LXXVI painting?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Isla Negra.
(c) Matilde.
(d) The jungle.
11. In Sonnet LXII, what overshadows the love between Neruda and Matilde?
(a) People who hate love.
(b) Sickness and death.
(c) Neruda's jealousy.
(d) The pain of every day life.
12. In Sonnet LXXXVIII, what month does Neruda say "returns with its secret light?"
(a) March.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) May.
13. In Sonnet LXXXVII, what does Neruda see in the sky that causes him to write the poem and contemplate its content?
(a) Three birds.
(b) A single star.
(c) An airplane.
(d) The moon.
14. In Sonnet LXXXIV, what does Neruda say "supports the columns of the heaven's harbor?"
(a) Saturn.
(b) The lovers' dreams.
(c) The moon.
(d) The stars.
15. In Sonnet LXXI, what human feature does Neruda describe the earth as having?
(a) Breath.
(b) Hair.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Thoughts.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Sonnet LXX, which of Neruda's emotions is revealed after he is wounded?
2. In Sonnet LXXXII, what does Neruda say happens to him and Matilde when they dream?
3. According to Sonnet LXII, what is the only thing that Neruda and Matilde want and which is overshadowed by others?
4. In Sonnet LIV, what two things does Neruda describe as being "like two wings?"
5. In Sonnet XCII, what does Neruda force himself not to contemplate?
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