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