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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 LXIV, what does Neruda realize about what he owes Matilde for curing him?
(a) He will repay Matilde for the rest of his life.
(b) He has repaid Matilde with his love.
(c) He can not fathom how much he owes Matilde.
(d) He knows exactly how much he owes Matilde.

2. When Neruda returns to Matilde in Sonnet LXXX, where had he been?
(a) He had been at the beach.
(b) He had been traveling.
(c) He had been at the tavern.
(d) He had been sending a letter.

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

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

5. What is the painter in Sonnet LXXVI painting?
(a) The jungle.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Isla Negra.
(d) Matilde.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Sonnet LXI, what does Neruda describe as having a "tail of pain" and a "train of static thorns?"

3. In Sonnet LIII, what does Neruda NOT cite as "a man's needs, and a woman's?"

4. What is the season that Neruda describes in Sonnet LXXXV?

5. In Sonnet XCVII, what flower does Neruda say the subject of the poem will be transformed into on another planet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Sonnet XCII, what does Neruda choose to contemplate instead of the inevitable death of either himself or Matilde?

3. In Sonnet XCI, what overshadows the life that he gives to Matilde "like a swelling cluster of fruit?"

4. How does Neruda describe Matilde's laugh in Sonnet LI?

5. In Sonnet LXXII, what causes Neruda to exclaim, "Let's go -- get up -- pin back your hair -- take off and land?"

6. What is unusual about the images of winter and cold in Sonnet LXXIV?

7. 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?

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

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

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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