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