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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Michener describes the Toledo cathedral as being:
(a) plain
(b) so beautiful that its variety could never be exhausted
(c) small
(d) ugly

2. The book opens with a freighter traveling to Spain from:
(a) England
(b) Scotland
(c) United States
(d) France

3. In Castellon, what did the women throw from the balconies?
(a) oranges
(b) beads
(c) handerkerchiefs
(d) darts with streamers attached

4. Cordoba is located on the:
(a) Rio Guadalquivir
(b) Rio Tajo
(c) Rio Lisboa
(d) Rio Grande

5. How many days of processions are there for the parishes?
(a) ten
(b) fourteen
(c) twenty-one
(d) seven

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not one of the four men whose birthplaces Michener wanted to see:

2. What kind of candy is a Spanish delicacy?

3. Michener recommends that travelers visit Sevilla:

4. In his Speculations, the American compares Spain to:

5. What does Michener learn of the young men of the village in Extremadura?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the Goths and the Visigoths?

2. Why does Michener recommend travelers visit Sevilla during the weeks preceding Easter?

3. Why did Michener want to go to Badajoz?

4. What is one of the first things that Michener wants to know about Badajoz?

5. Who was Seneca, one of the four men whose birthplace Michener wanted to see?

6. What is the major wildlife preserve in Las Marimas?

7. What is a confraternity?

8. What does the American find when he travels to Teruel by train?

9. What was the attraction of Medinat az-Zahra?

10. How does the American end up attending a bullfight in Valencia?

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