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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Sonnet XLVI, what is the "one wave" Neruda chooses?
2. What is the name of the friend Neruda mentions in Sonnet L?
3. In Sonnet XXIV, describes the clouds and what "triumphant" group of people?
4. What color is a prominent motif in Sonnet XXIV?
5. In Sonnet XVI, Neruda relates Matilde's body to which object?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Sonnet I, how does Neruda describe Matilde's name?
2. What brings night and day to Neruda in Sonnet XXXV?
3. in Sonnet V, what does Neruda realize after he wanders through the streets "like a man wounded?"
4. What imagery does Neruda use to describe Matilde as he watches her walk by the sea in Sonnet X?
5. Neruda says that "everything alive has its two sides," including love. In Sonnet XLIV, what are the two sides of Neruda's love for Matilde? Why are both sides important?
6. What imagery does Neruda use to compare Matilde to bread in Sonnet XIII?
7. What images does Neruda use in Sonnet XLVI to explain how he chose Matilde out of any other alternatives?
8. List some examples of earth imagery Neruda uses to describe Matilde in Sonnet XXX.
9. In Sonnet VII, what causes Neruda's emotions to burst forth like "geysers flooding from deep in its vault?"
10. In Sonnet XXXIII, where are Matilde and Neruda before they return "across the crackling sea?" Why do they return home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Neruda's poetry is packed with images from nature, and nature plays a dominant role in most of Neruda's sonnets.
1) Trace the importance of nature through Neruda's 100 Sonnets. What are some concepts that nature symbolizes? Some concepts one may want to consider include the relationship between nature and Matilde, nature and love, nature and Neruda's childhood, etc.
2) Choose at least three concepts or objects discussed in Part 1, and analyze the relationships between those objects and nature. Provide an in-depth assessment of those images and concepts, using specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Neruda includes images of many opposites in his poems, including heat and cold, order and chaos, love and hate, and innumerable others. Very often, the author compares and contrasts those opposites before incorporating both opposites into one unified concept. Analyze at least three poems that contain opposites, and explain how the author reconciles opposite concepts to create one unified idea. Be sure to use specific examples from the sonnets.
Essay Topic 3
Neruda's poems are filled with images of the sea and rivers. What do the sea and rivers symbolize in his poetry? What role do they play? How do bodies of water affect Neruda and Matilde? Support any assertions with examples from the book.
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