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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 is the constellation Neruda addresses in Sonnet LXXXVI?
(a) Ursa Major.
(b) The Southern Cross.
(c) Orion.
(d) Cassiopeia.

2. According to Sonnet LIX, what harasses "Poor unlucky poets?"
(a) Nature and mankind.
(b) Order and chaos.
(c) Happiness and sadness.
(d) LIfe and death.

3. In Sonnet LXXXVII, Neruda contemplates the "ceaseless origins" of which human emotion?
(a) Anger.
(b) Love.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Sadness.

4. According to Sonnet LXII, what is the only thing that Neruda and Matilde want and which is overshadowed by others?
(a) They only want to love each other.
(b) They want their families' approval.
(c) They want to live alone on Isla Negra.
(d) They want their life to be simple.

5. In Sonnet LXXVII, what does time sprinkle in Matilde's heart?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Petals.
(c) Flour.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet XCIV, what does Neruda ask Matilde to do if he dies before her?

2. What does Neruda say in Sonnet XCIV will make him "die a second time?"

3. In Sonnet LVI, what does Neruda say is exhausted by his songs?

4. In Sonnet XCVII, what mode of transportation does Neruda note has made "shoes and pathways... no longer enough?"

5. In Sonnet LXIII, what land does Neruda call "savage" and "deadly?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Neruda write, "Woe is me, woe is me" at the beginning of Sonnet LXII?

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

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

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

7. What are Neruda and Matilde looking for in Sonnet LXXI?

8. 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?

9. What does the figurehead in Sonnet LxVIII appear to do that prompts Neruda to write about her?

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

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