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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Neruda say in Sonnet XCIV will make him "die a second time?"
(a) Seeing Matilde die too quickly.
(b) Seeing Matilde forget him after he has died.
(c) Seeing Matilde remarry after he has died.
(d) Seeing Matilde suffer after he has died.

2. In Sonnet XCII, what does Neruda say has no birth and no death, and will therefore last forever?
(a) Passion.
(b) Love.
(c) Matilde's memory.
(d) His poetry.

3. In Sonnet LXX, which of Neruda's emotions is revealed after he is wounded?
(a) His anger.
(b) His grief.
(c) His selfishness.
(d) His pride.

4. In Sonnet LXXXVIII, what month does Neruda say "returns with its secret light?"
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) March.
(d) May.

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

6. In Sonnet LIX, what does Neruda say is the only reason that people defame poets?
(a) Poetry is not respected as an art form.
(b) The nature of poetry leaves it open to interpretation.
(c) They are dead and cannot defend themselves.
(d) Their work belongs to the people, not themselves.

7. In Sonnet LXIX, what does Neruda say "nothingness" is?
(a) The sound of wind in the trees.
(b) Matilde's silence.
(c) The sound of waves on the shore.
(d) Matilde's absence.

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

9. What is the girl whose story Neruda is telling in Sonnet LXVIII made of?
(a) Wood.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Sand.
(d) Stone.

10. In Sonnet LXXI, Neruda says that love is like what kind of city?
(a) A lunatic city.
(b) A crowded city.
(c) A destroyed city.
(d) An abandoned city.

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

12. In Sonnet XCVII, what flower does Neruda say the subject of the poem will be transformed into on another planet?
(a) Roses.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Lilies.

13. Where are Neruda and Matilde in Sonnet C?
(a) Purgatory.
(b) The center of the earth.
(c) The clouds.
(d) Heaven.

14. In Sonnet LXXIV, Neruda describes a road that is "wet with the waters" of what month?
(a) April.
(b) August.
(c) February.
(d) July.

15. In Sonnet LXXI, what human feature does Neruda describe the earth as having?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Breath.
(d) Hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet LXXXVII, Neruda contemplates the "ceaseless origins" of which human emotion?

2. In Sonnet LXXIII, what are the man and woman in Neruda's poem protecting themselves from?

3. In Sonnet LXXXII, what is the "shadow" that Neruda calls an "intermittent friend?"

4. In Sonnet XCIX, what time period does Neruda contemplate?

5. In Sonnet LXXXIX, why does Neruda want Matilde to live on after he has died?

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