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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Cantar: Sections 40-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Cid and his family do before he and his followers leave the country of Castile?
(a) Go for a ride on a river.
(b) Attend a church service.
(c) Go on a picnic.
(d) Petition the king.

2. Who does the Cid sell his share back to?
(a) Minaya.
(b) Local villagers.
(c) The king.
(d) The Moors.

3. The Cid urges some of his soldiers to aid ______.
(a) Galve.
(b) Bermúdez.
(c) Minaya.
(d) The Moors.

4. Who does the Cid want to tell his friends in Castile that God has favored the Cid?
(a) His wife.
(b) Minaya.
(c) King Alphonso.
(d) A local priest.

5. Who receives the Moorish soldier's horse in Section 38?
(a) Minaya.
(b) King Fáriz.
(c) The Cid.
(d) Galve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Cid pay for the protection of his family?

2. Who is crying at the beginning of the First Cantar?

3. How does King Alphonso react to his gifts in Sections 47 and 48?

4. What city do the Cid and his soldiers capture in Section 23?

5. Who refuses a fifth of the Cid's booty as a reward?

(see the answer key)

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