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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. In Sonnet LIV, what two things does Neruda describe as being "like two wings?"
(a) Matilde's hands.
(b) Matilde's feet.
(c) The mind and love.
(d) Lovers' passion and love.

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

3. In Sonnet LXXI, what season does Neruda desire to escape from?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

4. What type of person does Neruda NOT describe as trying to "tie time down?"
(a) Transients.
(b) Businessmen.
(c) Bureaucrats.
(d) Teachers.

5. 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) Death.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet LXXXIII, where is Matilde as she sleeps?

2. In Sonnet LXXXI, what does Neruda urge Matilde to do?

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

4. In Sonnet LXXIX, what does Neruda describe as "a double drum in the forest, pounding against the thick wall of wet leaves?"

5. In Sonnet XCII, what does Neruda force himself not to contemplate?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Sonnet LV, what attacks the "honied contentment" Matilde and Neruda share?

2. What does Neruda write are the effects of modern society's infatuation with flying in Sonnet XCVII?

3. What defeats envy and rancor in Sonnet LVI?

4. What emotion is symbolized by the "calm slow flower, constantly held out" in Sonnet LXXXVII? What does Neruda see that makes him contemplate that emotion?

5. In Sonnet LXXXIX, what does Neruda want Matilde to do when he dies? Why does he want her to do this?

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

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

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

9. Why does Neruda feel sorry for the "poor unlucky poets" in Sonnet LIX?

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

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