The Rich Poetry and Literature of Pablo Neruda
The Rich Poetry and Literature of Pablo Neruda
  • 1. What is the name of the famous Chilean poet known for his rich poetry and literature?
A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
B) Pablo Neruda
C) Mario Vargas Llosa
D) Jorge Luis Borges
  • 2. In which year was Pablo Neruda awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) 1965
B) 1992
C) 1980
D) 1971
  • 3. Which poetic work by Neruda is a collection of 100 love sonnets?
A) Confieso que he vivido
B) Cien sonetos de amor
C) Veinte poemas de amor
D) Odas elementales
  • 4. In which country was Pablo Neruda born?
A) Chile
B) Colombia
C) Peru
D) Argentina
  • 5. What was Pablo Neruda's occupation before becoming a full-time writer?
A) Diplomat
B) Physician
C) Farmer
D) Teacher
  • 6. Which literary movement is Neruda associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Naturalism
C) Realism
D) Surrealism
  • 7. What is the common theme in Neruda's 'Canto general'?
A) Asian philosophy
B) European mythology
C) African literature
D) Latin American history and culture
  • 8. What is the title of Neruda's autobiography?
A) Crepusculario
B) Confieso que he vivido
C) Canto general
D) Residencia en la tierra
  • 9. Which collection of poems by Neruda is inspired by the Spanish Civil War?
A) El habitante y su esperanza
B) Navegaciones y regresos
C) Las uvas y el viento
D) España en el corazón
  • 10. What was Pablo Neruda's birth name?
A) Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto
B) Gabriel García Márquez
C) José del Carmen Reyes Morales
D) Pablo Neruda Reyes
  • 11. What was the title of Pablo Neruda's first published work?
A) Entusiasmo y perseverancia
B) United Fruit Company
C) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
D) Crepusculario
  • 12. Who encouraged Neruda's interest in writing and literature?
A) Gabriela Mistral
B) José del Carmen Reyes Morales
C) Don Carlos George Nascimento
D) Eduardo Barrios
  • 13. Which country did Neruda serve as an honorary consul in 1927?
A) Burma (now Myanmar)
B) Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
C) Chile
D) Java
  • 14. What was the name of Neruda's first wife?
A) Rosa Neftalí Basoalto Opazo
B) Maruca
C) Aurelia Tolrà
D) Gabriela Mistral
  • 15. Which poem by Neruda criticized the United Fruit Company?
A) Nocturno ideal
B) Comunión ideal
C) United Fruit Company
D) Mis ojos
  • 16. Which city did Neruda move to for his studies at the Universidad de Chile?
A) Temuco
B) Santiago
C) Maihue Lake
D) Parral
  • 17. What was the title of Neruda's first volume of verse?
A) Residencia en la Tierra
B) Crepusculario
C) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
D) United Fruit Company
  • 18. Which Nobel Prize-winning novelist called Neruda 'the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language'?
A) Eduardo Barrios
B) Harold Bloom
C) Don Carlos George Nascimento
D) Gabriel García Márquez
  • 19. What was the name of Neruda's half-brother?
A) José del Carmen Reyes Morales
B) Laurita
C) Aurelia Tolrà
D) Rodolfo
  • 20. What was the name of Neruda's half-sister?
A) Laura Herminia 'Laurita'
B) Maruca
C) Aurelia Tolrà
D) Rosa Neftalí Basoalto Opazo
  • 21. In which year did Neruda publish his novel El habitante y su esperanza?
A) 1932
B) 1923
C) 1926
D) 1927
  • 22. Where did Pablo Neruda serve as a consul after returning to Chile?
A) Madrid, Spain
B) Paris, France
C) Buenos Aires, Argentina
D) Barcelona, Spain
  • 23. Which congress did Neruda attend to discuss intellectuals' attitudes toward the Spanish Civil War?
A) The Berlin Conference
B) The First World Congress of Intellectuals
C) The Paris Peace Conference
D) The Second International Writers' Congress
  • 24. Who was Pablo Neruda's first wife?
A) María Antonia Hagenaar Vogelzang
B) Trinidad Reyes
C) Delia del Carril
D) Gabriela Mistral
  • 25. Where was Neruda's daughter, Malva Marina (Trinidad) Reyes, born?
A) Madrid, Spain
B) Paris, France
C) Buenos Aires, Argentina
D) Monte Carlo
  • 26. What was the name of the ship used to transport Spanish refugees to Chile?
A) Baltic
B) Titanic
C) Queen Mary
D) Winnipeg
  • 27. Which president's election did Neruda support in 1938?
A) Pedro Aguirre Cerda
B) Juan Negrín
C) Francisco Franco
D) Gabriela Mistral
  • 28. What was the main reason for Neruda losing his post as consul?
A) His political militancy
B) Traveling to France
C) His marriage breakdown
D) The birth of his daughter
  • 29. Who was the aristocratic Argentine artist Neruda began a relationship with?
A) María Antonia Hagenaar Vogelzang
B) Trinidad Reyes
C) Gabriela Mistral
D) Delia del Carril
  • 30. What was the legal status of Neruda's marriage to Delia del Carril in Chile?
A) Not recognized due to his previous divorce being deemed illegal
B) Approved only after a lengthy legal battle
C) Recognized immediately after their wedding
D) Annulled by Chilean authorities
  • 31. What was the main accusation against Neruda regarding the selection of Spanish refugees?
A) Selecting only fellow Communists for emigration
B) Ignoring all political affiliations
C) Choosing only non-Communists
D) Refusing to transport any refugees
  • 32. Where was Pablo Neruda's diplomatic post from 1940 to 1943?
A) Lima, Peru
B) Santiago, Chile
C) Mexico City
D) Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 33. Who did Pablo Neruda arrange a Chilean visa for in 1940?
A) David Alfaro Siqueiros
B) Leon Trotsky
C) Manuel Ávila Camacho
D) Frida Kahlo
  • 34. Who requested Neruda to arrange the Chilean visa for Siqueiros?
A) Fidel Castro
B) Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho
C) Leon Trotsky
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 35. Where did Siqueiros stay after arriving in Chile?
A) With the Mexican embassy.
B) In a public hotel.
C) At Neruda's private residence.
D) In an artist commune.
  • 36. How did Neruda describe the allegations of aiding an assassin?
A) "An unavoidable mistake."
B) "A grave misunderstanding."
C) "A personal vendetta."
D) "Sensationalist politico-literary harassment."
  • 37. In which year did Neruda return to Chile?
A) 1948
B) 1945
C) 1950
D) 1943
  • 38. Which ancient site did Neruda visit in Peru that inspired a major work?
A) Chavin de Huantar
B) Nazca Lines
C) Pisac
D) Machu Picchu
  • 39. In which year did Neruda complete 'Alturas de Macchu Picchu'?
A) 1948
B) 1945
C) 1950
D) 1943
  • 40. What theme does 'Canto General' explore further?
A) The ancient civilizations of the Americas.
B) Neruda's personal love life.
C) Modern European history.
D) Chilean politics in the 20th century.
  • 41. What does Neruda celebrate in 'Alturas de Macchu Picchu'?
A) The industrialization of Peru.
B) The achievement of Machu Picchu.
C) The Spanish conquest of the Americas.
D) The beauty of the Amazon rainforest.
  • 42. What does Neruda condemn in 'Alturas de Macchu Picchu'?
A) The lack of education among indigenous people.
B) The modernization of Latin America.
C) The slavery that made Machu Picchu possible.
D) The influence of European culture.
  • 43. Which Soviet leader did Neruda write an ode to after his death?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Leon Trotsky
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Mikhail Kalinin
  • 44. What prize was awarded to Neruda in 1953?
A) The Nobel Prize for Literature
B) The Stalin Peace Prize
C) The Mao Tse-tung Thought Award
D) The Lenin Peace Prize
  • 45. Who did Neruda consider the 'great genius of this century'?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Mao Tse-tung
D) Fidel Castro
  • 46. What was the name of Neruda's dramatic speech in the Chilean senate?
A) Un canto para Bolívar
B) Canto a Stalingrado
C) "Yo acuso" ("I accuse")
D) Nuevo canto de amor a Stalingrado
  • 47. Which revolutionary leader did Neruda honor at a ceremony hosted by the Central University of Venezuela?
A) Fidel Castro
B) Mao Tse-tung
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 48. How long did Neruda remain in hiding before fleeing to Argentina?
A) 6 months
B) 24 months
C) 9 months
D) 13 months
  • 49. Through which pass did Pablo Neruda escape Chile on horseback?
A) Lilpela Pass
B) Andes Pass
C) Huascaran Pass
D) Cordillera Pass
  • 50. Which Nobel Prize-winning novelist helped Neruda travel to Europe?
A) Miguel Ángel Asturias
B) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
C) Mario Vargas Llosa
D) Jorge Luis Borges
  • 51. In which city did Neruda's life underground end in March 1949?
A) Buenos Aires
B) Mexico City
C) Argentina
D) Paris
  • 52. What was the name of the Chilean singer who became Neruda's muse and later his wife?
A) Gabriela Mistral
B) Matilde Urrutia
C) Isabel Allende
D) María Elena Walsh
  • 53. What is the title of Neruda's lengthy epic poem that catalogs South America?
A) 100 Love Sonnets
B) The Heights of Macchu Picchu
C) Residence on Earth
D) Canto General
  • 54. Which Italian historian owned the villa on Capri where Neruda stayed in 1952?
A) Leonardo Bruni
B) Giovanni Boccaccio
C) Giorgio Vasari
D) Edwin Cerio
  • 55. Which film was inspired by Antonio Skarmeta's novel about Neruda?
A) Il Postino (The Postman)
B) Like Water for Chocolate
C) Amores Perros
D) City of God
  • 56. In what year did Pablo Neruda return to Chile to support Salvador Allende's presidential campaign?
A) 1948
B) 1952
C) 1964
D) 1970
  • 57. Who was the Socialist Party candidate for the 1952 Chilean presidential elections that Neruda supported?
A) Jean-Paul Sartre
B) Fernando Belaúnde Terry
C) González Videla
D) Salvador Allende
  • 58. Which country did Neruda and Matilde Urrutia travel to after his arrest was lifted?
A) United States
B) Italy
C) France
D) Mexico City
  • 59. What role did Pablo Neruda serve in France from 1970 to 1973?
A) Poet-in-residence
B) Tourism ambassador
C) Cultural attaché
D) Ambassador
  • 60. Which major global event did Neruda denounce during his lifetime?
A) The Korean War
B) World War II
C) The Cuban Missile Crisis
D) The Gulf War
  • 61. Who won the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature instead of Pablo Neruda?
A) Gabriel García Márquez
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) William Faulkner
D) Jean-Paul Sartre
  • 62. Which U.S. President's administration eventually granted Neruda a visa to enter the United States?
A) Johnson Administration
B) Kennedy Administration
C) Eisenhower Administration
D) Truman Administration
  • 63. Who was the playwright that helped secure Neruda's visa to enter the U.S.?
A) Arthur Miller
B) Lillian Hellman
C) Eugene O'Neill
D) Tennessee Williams
  • 64. Which country did Pablo Neruda visit after returning from the PEN conference in New York City?
A) Peru
B) Mexico
C) Cuba
D) France
  • 65. Who was the Peruvian President that received Neruda during his visit to Peru?
A) Alberto Fujimori
B) Fernando Belaúnde Terry
C) Juan Velasco Alvarado
D) Manuel Prado Ugarteche
  • 66. What was the reaction of more than 100 Cuban intellectuals to Neruda's visit to Peru?
A) They praised his support for Castro
B) They ignored his visit completely
C) They signed a letter charging him with colluding with the enemy
D) They invited him to Cuba
  • 67. Which revolutionary leader's death did Neruda deeply regret in 1967?
A) Che Guevara
B) Mao Zedong
C) Fidel Castro
D) Ho Chi Minh
  • 68. What was the name of the Chilean communist movement's father whom Neruda referred to?
A) Gabriel González Videla
B) Luis Emilio Recabarren
C) Vicente Huidobro
D) Manuel Rodríguez
  • 69. In which year was Pablo Neruda nominated for the Chilean presidency?
A) 1973
B) 1970
C) 1971
D) 1969
  • 70. What illness was Pablo Neruda diagnosed with during the coup d'état in 1973?
A) Heart disease
B) Lung cancer
C) Leukemia
D) Prostate cancer
  • 71. What was Pablo Neruda's cause of death officially listed as?
A) Botulism
B) Cancer
C) Heart attack
D) Poisoning
  • 72. Who was the Chilean judge who ordered an investigation into Neruda's death in June 2013?
A) Mario Carroza
B) Ricardo Lagos
C) Sebastián Piñera
D) Michelle Bachelet
  • 73. Which university confirmed the presence of Clostridium botulinum bacteria in Neruda's bloodstream?
A) Harvard University
B) Stanford University
C) Oxford University
D) McMaster University
  • 74. Which country was involved in the incident described in Neruda's memoirs that sparked protests?
A) Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
B) Brazil
C) Mexico
D) Argentina
  • 75. How many houses owned by Pablo Neruda are open to the public as museums in Chile?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) One
  • 76. Which Chilean composer collaborated with Neruda on the musical play Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta?
A) Leon Schidlowsky
B) Michael Gielen
C) Sergio Ortega
D) Mikis Theodorakis
  • 77. In what year did Sergio Ortega expand the musical play into an opera?
A) 1967
B) 1975
C) 1998
D) 1981
  • 78. Which composer created a cantata titled Canto General dedicated to Salvador Allende?
A) Julia Stilman-Lasansky
B) Samuel Barber
C) Tobias Picker
D) Peter Schat
  • 79. What type of album is Luciana Souza's 'Neruda'?
A) Pop album
B) Rock album
C) Classical music album
D) Jazz album
  • 80. Which band released a rock album titled Alturas de Macchu Picchu?
A) Sixpence None the Richer
B) Brazilian Girls
C) Ute Lemper
D) Los Jaivas
  • 81. What is the title of Sixpence None the Richer's song inspired by Neruda?
A) "Abeja Blanca"
B) "Me gusta cuando callas"
C) "Soneto de la noche"
D) "Puedo escribir"
  • 82. Which composer created the choral song 'Soneto de la noche'?
A) Ezequiel Viñao
B) Morten Lauridsen
C) Peter Lieberson
D) Marco Katz
  • 83. What is the title of Ute Lemper's album released in 2013?
A) "Forever"
B) "Neruda"
C) "Alturas de Macchu Picchu"
D) "Canto General"
  • 84. Which 1985 novel by Antonio Skarmeta fictionalizes Neruda's stay in a villa on Capri?
A) Los detectives salvajes
B) La casa de los espíritus
C) El cartero de Neruda
D) Ardiente paciencia
  • 85. Who is the protagonist of Roberto Ampuero's novel 'El caso Neruda'?
A) Antonio Skarmeta
B) Pablo Neruda
C) Roberto Bolaño
D) Cayetano Brulé
  • 86. Which poem by Neruda is used in 'Truly, Madly, Deeply'?
A) If You Forget Me
B) "The Dead Woman"
C) Walking Around
D) Ode to the Tomato
  • 87. Which film references Neruda's works and stars Adam Levine?
A) Patch Adams
B) Mindwalk
C) Chemical Hearts
D) Happiness for Beginners
  • 88. In which year was Neruda's 'Alturas de Macchu Picchu' published?
A) 1937
B) 1950
C) 1967
D) 1948
  • 89. What is the title of Neruda's collection published in 1954 that includes simple and direct poems?
A) Cien sonetos de amor
B) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
C) Odas elementales.
D) Residencia en la tierra
  • 90. What is the title of Neruda's 1958 work that explores surreal and imaginative themes?
A) Odas elementales
B) Tercer libro de las odas
C) Nuevas odas elementales
D) Estravagario.
  • 91. Which translator worked on multiple translations of Pablo Neruda's works?
A) Alastair Reid
B) William O'Daly
C) Donald D. Walsh
D) Nathaniel Tarn
  • 92. In which year was 'The Heights of Macchu Picchu' translated by Nathaniel Tarn?
A) 1966
B) 1970
C) 1973
D) 1972
  • 93. Which publisher released the bilingual edition of 'The Captain's Verses' in 1972?
A) New Directions
B) Grove Press
C) Jonathan Cape Ltd
D) Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • 94. Who translated 'Residence on Earth' for its bilingual edition?
A) Donald D. Walsh
B) Alastair Reid
C) Stephen Tapscott
D) Ben Belitt
  • 95. Who translated 'Venture of the Infinite Man' published by City Lights in 2017?
A) William O'Daly
B) Jessica Powell
C) Alastair Reid
D) Stephen Tapscott
  • 96. Which bilingual edition was translated by Stephen Tapscott and published in 1986?
A) 100 Love Sonnets
B) New Poems (1968-1970)
C) Residence on Earth
D) The Captain's Verses
  • 97. Who translated 'On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea' published by Rayo HarperCollins?
A) Donald D. Walsh
B) Alastair Reid
C) Nathaniel Tarn
D) William O'Daly
  • 98. Which publisher released 'Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda' in 2016?
A) Copper Canyon Press
B) City Lights
C) HarperCollins
D) Farrar, Straus & Giroux
  • 99. Which bilingual edition was translated by Ben Belitt and published in 1972?
A) New Poems (1968-1970)
B) Extravagaria
C) Residence on Earth
D) The Captain's Verses
  • 100. Which publisher released 'Grapes and the Wind' in 2019?
A) City Lights
B) Copper Canyon Press
C) Spuyten Duyvil Publishing
D) Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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