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

2. What happens to Neruda in Sonnet XC that he says makes him feel "the cold up close?"
(a) He thought Matilde had left him.
(b) He thought Matilde was dying.
(c) He thought he was dying.
(d) He fell into the ocean.

3. In Sonnet LVIII, where does Neruda go while he is "singing with the wind?"
(a) Back to his library.
(b) Back to his homeland.
(c) To the sea.
(d) To be with Matilde.

4. In Sonnet LXIV, what malady of Neruda's does Matilde cure?
(a) A heart of stone.
(b) A crushing loneliness.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) A cynical mind.

5. Which image does Neruda NOT use to describe the constellation in Sonnet LXXXVI?
(a) A fish.
(b) Parsley.
(c) A box.
(d) Frost.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sonnet XC, what does Neruda say is the only thing that matters "when death comes knocking?"

2. In Sonnet LV, what does Neruda say that even love cannot shelter himself and Matilde from?

3. In Sonnet LXXXII, what does Neruda say happens to him and Matilde when they dream?

4. What are Neruda and Matilde looking for in Sonnet LXXI?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Neruda write are the effects of modern society's infatuation with flying in Sonnet XCVII?

2. In Sonnet LX, what effect do Neruda's trials and sorrows have on Matilde?

3. Why has the house in Sonnet LXXV forgotten how to bloom?

4. What does the figurehead in Sonnet LxVIII appear to do that prompts Neruda to write about her?

5. What does Neruda ask of the "four-sided constellation" in Sonnet LXXXVI?

6. In Sonnet LV, what attacks the "honied contentment" Matilde and Neruda share?

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

8. What defeats envy and rancor in Sonnet LVI?

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

10. How does Neruda feel about himself and his poetry in Sonnet LVIII?

(see the answer keys)

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