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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. What question does the poet ask in "Absence of Joaquin"?

2. At the end of "A Soldier Sleeps," what does God realize?

3. In "Nocturnal Statutes," what does reality differ from?

4. In "Rain," what are the Queen's hands compared to?

5. What does the poet compare his lover to in "I Have Gone Marking"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the last three lines of "I Have Gone Marking" differ from the rest of the poem?

2. How does the poet use the image of a seed in "Being Born in the Woods"?

3. How does the poet end "Antarctic"?

4. In "Ode with a Lament," what problem does the poet face regarding the woman?

5. In "Serenade," how is night described?

6. What does the Great Plumed God do in "A Soldier Sleeps"?

7. How does the poet describe communism in "Bleak System"?

8. Who is Lautaro in "Education of the Chieftain"?

9. In "The Great Ocean," what does the poet say about nature?

10. What role does the river play in "Battle of the Jarama River"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast two poems about water.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Pablo Neruda's shift from romantic love poetry to poetry that is centered on death and politics. Consider the way he changes poetic devices and techniques.

Essay Topic 3

How does the length of Pablo Neruda's poems affect their messages?

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