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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XCI - C.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Sonnet I, what image does Neruda NOT use to describe Matilde's name?
(a) A plant.
(b) A rock.
(c) A wine.
(d) A castle.

2. In Sonnet XXII, what image does Neruda NOT use to describe Matilde?
(a) A queen.
(b) A wildfire.
(c) A star.
(d) A guitar.

3. In Sonnet LXII, what overshadows the love between Neruda and Matilde?
(a) Sickness and death.
(b) People who hate love.
(c) Neruda's jealousy.
(d) The pain of every day life.

4. In Sonnet XV, Neruda says that Matilde is as firm as what two items?
(a) Mountain and boulder.
(b) Bread and wood.
(c) Rock and tree.
(d) Flesh and bone.

5. What does the river in Sonnet XLIX signify?
(a) Love.
(b) Time.
(c) Fate.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the painter in Sonnet LXXVI painting?

2. In Sonnet XXXVIII, Neruda says that Matilde's house sounds like what object?

3. In Sonnet XXVII, Neruda says that Matilde is "as blue as the night" of what country?

4. In Sonnet XLII, what does Neruda NOT use to describe daylight?

5. In Sonnet XCIII, what does Neruda ask Matilde to do if she dies before him?

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