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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) Cycling.
(b) Driving.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Flying.

2. In Sonnet LXXXIII, what does Neruda say he wants to be over his eyes when he dies?
(a) Matilde's hair.
(b) The warmth of peace.
(c) The darkness of sleep.
(d) Matilde's hands.

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

4. What opposites does Neruda NOT consider in Sonnet LXVI?
(a) Hate and not hate.
(b) Light and darkness.
(c) Cold and fire.
(d) Love and not love.

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

6. What does Neruda say in Sonnet XCIV will make him "die a second time?"
(a) Seeing Matilde suffer after he has died.
(b) Seeing Matilde remarry after he has died.
(c) Seeing Matilde forget him after he has died.
(d) Seeing Matilde die too quickly.

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

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

9. In Sonnet LXVI, what is the reason Neruda says he will die?
(a) Because his heart has broken.
(b) Because he is so selfish.
(c) Because he can not love Matilde.
(d) Because he loves Matilde.

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

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

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

13. In Sonnet LXXXIII, where is Matilde as she sleeps?
(a) In another bedroom.
(b) In another country.
(c) In a hammock.
(d) Next to Neruda.

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

15. In Sonnet LXXXIX, why does Neruda want Matilde to live on after he has died?
(a) So his poetry will seem more real.
(b) So his memory will live on.
(c) So the world can understand what he loved so much.
(d) So he can see the world through her eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet LXXXVIII, what month does Neruda say "returns with its secret light?"

2. When Neruda returns to Matilde in Sonnet LXXX, where had he been?

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

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

5. What is the "huge and sorrowful family" described in Sonnet LV?

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