VOICED : Chile da su adios a restos de Pablo Neruda

VOICED : Chile da su adios a restos de Pablo Neruda

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9th - 10th Grade

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The transcript discusses the farewell ceremony for Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda in Chile. His body was exhumed to investigate potential assassination during Pinochet's dictatorship. After examinations in Denmark and Canada, his remains were returned for a symbolic farewell organized by his family and supporters. The investigation into his death continues, but his body is now being reburied at Isla Negra, as he wished, alongside his third wife, Matilde Urrutia. The ceremony highlights Neruda's dual legacy as a poet and a senator.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary reason for exhuming Pablo Neruda's body?

To perform a routine medical examination

To relocate his remains to a new burial site

To investigate the cause of his death

To honor him with a new ceremony

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did Pablo Neruda wish to be buried?

In the capital city of Chile

In a family mausoleum

At Isla Negra, overlooking the Pacific Ocean

In a public cemetery in Santiago

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which countries were involved in the investigation of Neruda's death?

Denmark and Canada

Spain and France

United States and Mexico

Argentina and Brazil

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Legal Medical Service conclude about the tests on Neruda's remains?

They confirmed he was poisoned

They found no evidence of poisoning

They were not conducted

They were inconclusive

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When were Neruda's remains initially buried by the sea?

In 2000, at the start of the new millennium

In 1990, right after his death

In 1992, two years after Chile's return to democracy

In 1985, during the dictatorship