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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Sonnet LXXV, what does Neruda say the house has forgotten how to do?
(a) Bloom.
(b) Function.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Sleep.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet XCVIII, what does Neruda say silences the word in the poem?

2. In Sonnet LXXI, what season does Neruda desire to escape from?

3. In Sonnet LXXXII, what does Neruda say happens to him and Matilde when they dream?

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

5. In Sonnet LXXI, Neruda says that love is like what kind of city?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Neruda respond to his critics and those who gossip about him in Sonnet LVII?

2. How does Matilde's body comfort Neruda in Sonnet LXXXV?

3. How does Neruda describe his homeland in Sonnet LXIII?

4. What does Neruda ask of the "four-sided constellation" in Sonnet LXXXVI?

5. How does Neruda contrast cold and warmth in Sonnet LXXXVIII?

6. What are Neruda and Matilde looking for in Sonnet XCV, and what do they plan to do once they find it?

7. In Sonnet LXXXIII, where is Matilde as she sleeps -- both in body and in spirit?

8. What effect does Matilde's absence have on Neruda in Sonnet LXV?

9. in Sonnet LXIX, what does Neruda say is the possible definition of "nothingness?"

10. Why does Neruda urge Matilde to sleep in Sonnet LXXXIX?

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