Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda

Neruda was the author of which Latin American classic?

• "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

• "The Aleph"

• "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair"

• "First Dream"

• "Like Water for Chocolate"

Where was Pablo Neruda from?

• Nicaragua

• Brazil

• Mexico

• Chile

• Spain

The 225 odes by Neruda are about what?

• God’s power

• Medieval philosophy

• Mundane objects

• Martial arts

• Algebra

Neruda turned his native language into an object of adoration. Which language was it?

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• Nahuatl

• Mapuche

• Hindi

Neruda died in 1973 after which historical event?

• An earthquake

• A coup d’etat

• A World Cup

• The discovery of tetanus

• An airplane crash

Can a poet write about love and politics at the same time?

Why do you think Neruda’s poems are popular?

What makes Neruda a Latin American poet? Could he have been from anywhere else?