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