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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michener learns the book writers in Spain:

2. The architecture of Northern Spain is:

3. This pilgrimage across Spain is known as:

4. The saint worshiped at Avila is:

5. Who were the Suecas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Day of St. James?

2. How had the small town of Teruel become significant in the Spanish Civil War?

3. What kind of corruption takes place in bullfighting?

4. In Madrid, Michener meets Don Luis, whom he first met at Las Marimas. What do the two men talk about?

5. Who were the Lovers of Teruel?

6. What is a tapas bar?

7. What is the Black Legend?

8. Why was Michener happy to make the pilgrimage to Compostella when he has made it before?

9. What was the Spanish Inquisition?

10. What are Michener's views on Portugal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the story behind the Lovers of Teruel? Is it a true story? What can be seen at the tomb? Why does it help to know the history of a place such as the tomb of the Lovers of Teruel?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Way of St. James? What is the history associated with it and why is it significant? What is the Day of St. James and where is it celebrated?

Essay Topic 3

Where does the word Iberia come from? What areas are usually included in the term Iberia? What does the Rio Ebro have to do with the term Iberia?

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