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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 NOT say "should all sleep" in Sonnet LXXXI?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pain.
(c) Work.
(d) Love.
2. In Sonnet LXIII, what land does Neruda call "savage" and "deadly?"
(a) The desert.
(b) Cuba.
(c) His own homeland.
(d) Peru.
3. In Sonnet LXXIII, what are the man and woman in Neruda's poem protecting themselves from?
(a) Love.
(b) Sadness.
(c) War.
(d) Hate.
4. What is Neruda looking for in Sonnet LXV?
(a) Matilde.
(b) His heart.
(c) His homeland.
(d) His inspiration.
5. Which image does Neruda NOT use to describe the constellation in Sonnet LXXXVI?
(a) A fish.
(b) Parsley.
(c) Frost.
(d) A box.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Sonnet LVI, what does Neruda say is exhausted by his songs?
2. What opposites does Neruda NOT consider in Sonnet LXVI?
3. In Sonnet LVIII, where does Neruda go while he is "singing with the wind?"
4. In Sonnet LXXVII, what does time sprinkle in Matilde's heart?
5. What is the constellation Neruda addresses in Sonnet LXXXVI?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Neruda write, "Woe is me, woe is me" at the beginning of Sonnet LXII?
2. What is unusual about the images of winter and cold in Sonnet LXXIV?
3. Where are Neruda and Matilde when they share a kiss in Sonnet C?
4. In Sonnet XCI, what overshadows the life that he gives to Matilde "like a swelling cluster of fruit?"
5. What defeats envy and rancor in Sonnet LVI?
6. How does Neruda respond to his critics and those who gossip about him in Sonnet LVII?
7. How does Matilde's body comfort Neruda in Sonnet LXXXV?
8. What effect does Matilde's absence have on Neruda in Sonnet LXV?
9. What does Neruda write are the effects of modern society's infatuation with flying in Sonnet XCVII?
10. What are Neruda and Matilde looking for in Sonnet XCV, and what do they plan to do once they find it?
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