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  • 1. Which country was Pablo Neruda from?
A) Chile
B) Spain
C) Argentina
D) Mexico
  • 2. In which year did Pablo Neruda win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) 1999
B) 1985
C) 1971
D) 1960
  • 3. What was the title of Pablo Neruda's first published work of poetry?
A) Crepusculario
B) Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
C) Residence on Earth
D) The Book of Questions
  • 4. What was the title of Neruda's memoir published posthumously in 1974?
A) Confieso que he vivido
B) One Hundred Years of Solitude
C) The Buried Mirror
D) Chronicle of a Death Foretold
  • 5. What was Neruda's occupation outside of writing?
A) Diplomat
B) Farmer
C) Surgeon
D) Pilot
  • 6. Which major literary movement was Neruda associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Naturalism
C) Surrealism
D) Realism
  • 7. What inspired Neruda to write a collection of poems about the sea?
A) A dare from a friend
B) His love for the ocean
C) A dream he had
D) A bet he made
  • 8. What year was Pablo Neruda born in?
A) 1904
B) 1920
C) 1915
D) 1899
  • 9. Which city in Spain did Neruda serve as a consul?
A) Madrid
B) Barcelona
C) Valencia
D) Seville
  • 10. What was Pablo Neruda's birth name?
A) Jan Neruda
B) Gabriel García Márquez
C) Pablo Neruda
D) Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto
  • 11. In which year did Pablo Neruda publish his first work?
A) 1926
B) 1917
C) 1923
D) 1921
  • 12. What was the title of Pablo Neruda's first published work?
A) Entusiasmo y perseverancia
B) Crepusculario
C) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
D) El habitante y su esperanza
  • 13. Which Nobel Prize-winning poet encouraged Neruda's literary pursuits?
A) Arthur Conan Doyle
B) Eduardo Barrios
C) Harold Bloom
D) Gabriela Mistral
  • 14. What was controversial about 'Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada'?
A) Its eroticism
B) Its political content
C) Its surrealist style
D) Its autobiographical nature
  • 15. Which city did Neruda move to at the age of 16 to study French?
A) Santiago
B) Temuco
C) Parral
D) Maihue
  • 16. Which publisher was the most important in Chile during Neruda's early career?
A) Don Carlos George Nascimento
B) Eduardo Barrios
C) Arthur Conan Doyle
D) Gabriela Mistral
  • 17. What was the name of Neruda's first wife?
A) Rosa Neftalí
B) Maruca
C) Aurelia Tolrà
D) Gabriela Mistral
  • 18. Which country did Neruda serve as a consul in 1927?
A) Ceylon
B) Chile
C) Java
D) Burma
  • 19. What is the name of the collection that includes many of Neruda's surrealist poems?
A) Crepusculario
B) Tentativa del hombre infinito
C) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
D) Residencia en la Tierra
  • 20. What was the main theme of Neruda's poem 'United Fruit Company'?
A) Political activism
B) Love and passion
C) Nature and beauty
D) Corruption and exploitation by corporations
  • 21. Which company did Neruda criticize in his poem 'United Fruit Company'?
A) United Fruit Company
B) Coca-Cola
C) British East India Company
D) Ford Motors
  • 22. What political ideology did Neruda promote through his writings?
A) Communism
B) Fascism
C) Liberalism
D) Socialism
  • 23. Who called Neruda 'the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language'?
A) Eduardo Barrios
B) Gabriel García Márquez
C) Arthur Conan Doyle
D) Harold Bloom
  • 24. What was the name of the stadium where Neruda read to 70,000 people?
A) Santiago Stadium
B) Estadio Nacional
C) Chile National Stadium
D) Maule Stadium
  • 25. Which country's Nobel Prize did Neruda win in 1971?
A) Literature
B) Physics
C) Chemistry
D) Peace
  • 26. What was the name of Neruda's half-brother?
A) Carlos
B) Rodolfo
C) Salvador
D) Gabriel
  • 27. What was the name of Neruda's half-sister?
A) Laura Herminia 'Laurita'
B) Rosa
C) Aurelia
D) Maruca
  • 28. What was the name of the poet after whom Neruda is thought to have derived his pen name?
A) Jan Neruda
B) Eduardo Barrios
C) Gabriela Mistral
D) Harold Bloom
  • 29. What was the title of Neruda's novel published in 1926?
A) El habitante y su esperanza
B) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
C) Crepusculario
D) Residencia en la Tierra
  • 30. What was the title of Neruda's collection published in 1923?
A) Residencia en la Tierra
B) Crepusculario
C) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
D) Tentativa del hombre infinito
  • 31. Which city did Neruda work in after Batavia?
A) Temuco
B) Singapore
C) Rangoon
D) Colombo
  • 32. What was the title of Neruda's collection published in 1926?
A) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
B) Tentativa del hombre infinito
C) Residencia en la Tierra
D) Crepusculario
  • 33. What was the name of the capital of the British colony of Burma where Neruda served as a consul?
A) Singapore
B) Rangoon
C) Batavia
D) Colombo
  • 34. What was the name of the city where Neruda met his first wife?
A) Singapore
B) Rangoon
C) Batavia
D) Colombo
  • 35. What health condition did Neruda's daughter suffer from?
A) Asthma
B) Cystic fibrosis
C) Hydrocephalus
D) Diabetes
  • 36. Where did Neruda's daughter spend most of her life?
A) With her father in Chile
B) With a foster family in the Netherlands
C) With her grandparents in Argentina
D) With her mother in Spain
  • 37. What was the purpose of the Second International Writers' Congress attended by Neruda?
A) To establish a new literary movement
B) To promote the works of Spanish poets
C) To discuss the attitude of intellectuals toward the war in Spain
D) To organize a literary festival in Paris
  • 38. Where did Neruda obtain a divorce from his first wife?
A) France
B) Mexico
C) Spain
D) Chile
  • 39. Where did Neruda's estranged wife move to escape the hostilities in Spain?
A) Paris
B) Barcelona
C) Monte Carlo
D) Madrid
  • 40. Where did Neruda marry Delia del Carril?
A) Madrid
B) Buenos Aires
C) Tetecala
D) Paris
  • 41. Which ancient site did Neruda visit in Peru?
A) Nazca Lines
B) Cusco
C) Machu Picchu
D) Lake Titicaca
  • 42. Which Chilean composer worked closely with Neruda on the musical play 'Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta'?
A) Mikis Theodorakis
B) Sergio Ortega
C) Michael Gielen
D) Leon Schidlowsky
  • 43. What was the initial reported cause of Neruda's death on 23 September 1973?
A) Poisoning
B) Botulism
C) Prostate cancer
D) Heart failure
  • 44. Which novel fictionalized Neruda's stay on the island of Capri?
A) Canto General
B) El cartero de Neruda
C) Los versos del capitán
D) Ardiente Paciencia
  • 45. In which year did the Cultural Committee of Chile's lower house vote to rename Santiago's main airport after Pablo Neruda?
A) 2019
B) 2017
C) 2016
D) November 2018
  • 46. Which event caused a rift between Neruda and Octavio Paz?
A) The fall of the Berlin Wall
B) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
C) The Nazi-Soviet Ribbentrop–Molotov Pact
D) The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • 47. In which year was Pablo Neruda nominated as a candidate for the Chilean presidency?
A) 1969
B) 1970
C) 1971
D) 1972
  • 48. Which Soviet leader did Neruda admire for defeating Nazi Germany?
A) Leon Trotsky
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 49. How long did Pablo Neruda remain in hiding?
A) 13 months
B) 9 months
C) 24 months
D) 6 months
  • 50. In what year was the investigation into Neruda's death officially launched?
A) 2013
B) 2015
C) 2017
D) 2010
  • 51. What was the relationship between Neruda and Matilde Urrutia?
A) They were strangers
B) They were colleagues
C) They were siblings
D) They began an affair
  • 52. Who was the Chilean judge investigating Neruda's death?
A) Artur Lundkvist
B) Manuel Araya
C) Salvador Allende
D) Mario Carroza
  • 53. Who did Neruda tell Aida Figueroa not to cry for after Che Guevara's death?
A) Che Guevara
B) Luis Emilio Recabarren
C) Salvador Allende
D) Fidel Castro
  • 54. Who helped Pablo Neruda enter Paris?
A) Joan Miró
B) Frida Kahlo
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Salvador Dalí
  • 55. Where did Neruda flee to after escaping Chile?
A) Argentina
B) Ecuador
C) Peru
D) Brazil
  • 56. How did Neruda manage to travel to Europe during his exile?
A) Traveling without a passport
B) Using a fake passport
C) Using his own passport
D) Using Miguel Ángel Asturias' passport
  • 57. Where did Neruda and Matilde Urrutia go after being allowed to leave Chile?
A) Cuba
B) New York City
C) Mexico City
D) Capri, Italy
  • 58. Which film was inspired by Antonio Skarmeta's novel about Neruda?
A) Amores perros
B) Neruda
C) La teta asustada
D) Il Postino
  • 59. What did the Pablo Neruda Foundation argue against the exhumation?
A) Araya's claims were unbelievable
B) Neruda's death was natural
C) The forensic team was unqualified
D) The investigation was biased
  • 60. Which Soviet leader did Neruda regard as 'the great constructor of the future'?
A) Mikhail Kalinin
B) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Joseph Stalin
  • 61. What did Martín Espada declare about 'Alturas de Macchu Picchu'?
A) It is the best love poem ever written
B) There is no greater political poem
C) It is the most innovative poem of the 20th century
D) It is a masterpiece of nature poetry
  • 62. Which Chinese leader did Neruda criticize for 'Mao Tse-Stalinism'?
A) Mao Tse-tung
B) Sun Yat-sen
C) Chiang Kai-shek
D) Deng Xiaoping
  • 63. What was the name of the pass Neruda crossed to escape Chile?
A) Lilpela Pass
B) Cerro Torre Pass
C) Huascarán Pass
D) Aconcagua Pass
  • 64. What prize was Pablo Neruda awarded in 1953?
A) The Nobel Prize in Literature
B) The Stalin Peace Prize
C) The Hugo Award
D) The Lenin Peace Prize
  • 65. Which event did Neruda vigorously denounce in addition to the Vietnam War?
A) The Korean War
B) The Cuban Missile Crisis
C) The Gulf War
D) World War II
  • 66. Which U.S. President's administration eventually granted Neruda a visa to attend the PEN conference in New York City?
A) The Nixon Administration
B) The Carter Administration
C) The Kennedy Administration
D) The Johnson Administration
  • 67. What nickname was given to the Ley de Defensa Permanente de la Democracia?
A) Ley de la Libertad
B) Ley Maldita
C) Ley de la Democracia
D) Ley de la Paz
  • 68. In which year did Neruda return to Chile?
A) 1943
B) 1941
C) 1947
D) 1945
  • 69. How many houses owned by Pablo Neruda are open to the public as museums in Chile?
A) Two
B) One
C) Four
D) Three
  • 70. Who organized the PEN conference that Neruda attended in 1966?
A) Arthur Miller
B) Carlos Fuentes
C) Fernando Belaúnde Terry
D) Jean-Paul Sartre
  • 71. What was the main conclusion of the 2018 analysis regarding the bacterium found in Neruda's remains?
A) It was naturally occurring
B) It could possibly be a laboratory-cultivated bacterium
C) It was a common foodborne pathogen
D) It was harmless
  • 72. What was the title of Neruda's dramatic speech in the Chilean senate in 1948?
A) Canto general
B) Yo acuso
C) El pueblo unido
D) La tierra se levanta
  • 73. In which year did Neruda return to Chile to support Salvador Allende's presidential campaign?
A) 1970
B) 1955
C) 1952
D) 1964
  • 74. What did Neruda condemn in 'Alturas de Macchu Picchu'?
A) The lack of education
B) The destruction of the environment
C) The slavery that made Macchu Picchu possible
D) The corruption of leaders
  • 75. Who was the Chilean Socialist Party nominating for the presidential elections in 1952?
A) Neruda
B) Matilde Urrutia
C) Salvador Allende
D) González Videla
  • 76. Who was the President of Chile that Neruda supported in the 1938 election?
A) Salvador Allende
B) Augusto Pinochet
C) Gabriel González Videla
D) Pedro Aguirre Cerda
  • 77. In what year was the musical play 'Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta' created?
A) 1987
B) 1977
C) 1967
D) 1957
  • 78. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, which Neruda was also a candidate for?
A) Jean-Paul Sartre
B) Pablo Neruda
C) Arthur Miller
D) Carlos Fuentes
  • 79. What was the relationship status between Neruda and Delia del Carril when he returned to Chile in 1952?
A) They were separated
B) The marriage was crumbling
C) They were newlyweds
D) They were happily married
  • 80. What was the cause of death listed for Pablo Neruda?
A) Prostate cancer
B) Botulism
C) Heart attack
D) Poisoning
  • 81. What illness caused Neruda's stay in Mexico to be extended?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Malaria
C) Phlebitis
D) Pneumonia
  • 82. What bacterium was found in Neruda's bloodstream in 2023?
A) Clostridium botulinum
B) Salmonella
C) Escherichia coli
D) Staphylococcus aureus
  • 83. What major financial task did Neruda undertake during his time in Paris?
A) Established new trade agreements with France
B) Renegotiated Chile's external debt
C) Negotiated Chile's internal debt
D) Increased Chile's external debt
  • 84. What was Neruda's role in France from 1970 to 1973?
A) President
B) Poet
C) Ambassador
D) Minister
  • 85. How many Spanish refugees did Neruda help transport to Chile?
A) 1,000
B) 3,000
C) 500
D) 2,000
  • 86. Who was the president of Peru when Neruda visited in 1966?
A) Fidel Castro
B) Salvador Allende
C) González Videla
D) Fernando Belaúnde Terry
  • 87. Who was the Mexican painter that Neruda helped by arranging a Chilean visa?
A) Frida Kahlo
B) David Alfaro Siqueiros
C) Diego Rivera
D) José Clemente Orozco
  • 88. Which country's president received Neruda during his visit in 1966?
A) Mexico
B) Peru
C) Cuba
D) Chile
  • 89. Where did Neruda move to after Valdivia?
A) Fundo Huishue
B) Santiago
C) Copiapó
D) Antofagasta
  • 90. Who led the military coup in Chile in 1973?
A) Manuel Araya
B) Salvador Allende
C) Artur Lundkvist
D) General Augusto Pinochet
  • 91. Who criticized Neruda for not speaking out against Argentine President Juan Perón?
A) Jorge Luis Borges
B) Gabriel García Márquez
C) Mario Vargas Llosa
D) Julio Cortázar
  • 92. Which country did Neruda visit that is located in Asia?
A) India
B) Brazil
C) Mexico
D) Argentina
  • 93. Which ship did Neruda use to transport Spanish refugees to Chile?
A) The Winnipeg
B) The Santa María
C) The Queen Mary
D) The Titanic
  • 94. Which prestigious award did Neruda receive in 1972?
A) Nobel Prize in Literature
B) International Peace Prize
C) Golden Wreath Award
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 95. How did Neruda escape Chile?
A) By train
B) On horseback over the Lilpela Pass
C) By plane
D) By boat
  • 96. Which poem did Neruda read at the welcoming ceremony for Fidel Castro?
A) Oda al tomate
B) Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
C) Canto general
D) Un canto para Bolívar
  • 97. Who was hired to care for Neruda during his stay in Mexico?
A) Matilde Urrutia
B) Isabel Allende
C) Frida Kahlo
D) Gabriela Mistral
  • 98. Who was the Chilean lawyer leading the push for a full investigation into Neruda's death?
A) Eduardo Contreras
B) Artur Lundkvist
C) Mario Carroza
D) Manuel Araya
  • 99. Which country did Pablo Neruda describe raping a woman in 1929?
A) Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
B) Mexico
C) Argentina
D) Peru
  • 100. What illness was Neruda diagnosed with during the 1973 coup d'état?
A) Heart disease
B) Lung cancer
C) Prostate cancer
D) Stomach cancer
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