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