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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. Where does Fernando hide in Section 112?

2. What do the men surround in Section 112?

3. Who rescues the Cid's daughters?

4. According to Section 138, who is issued a challenge?

5. What does the Cid think about the possibility of his daughters marrying King Alphonso's sons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Cid's daughters when the king's sons take them to the forest of the Corpes?

2. What happens when the Cid and King Alphonso meet in Section 103? How does King Alphonso react?

3. What does the Cid's message to King Alphonso in Section 133 say?

4. What gift does the Cid give the king in Section 107? Why?

5. Who wants to marry the Cid's daughters in Section 101? What does King Alphonso say about this?

6. Why does the Cid want to wait to go to the meeting? How does he spend this delayed time?

7. What is ultimately decided about the marriage of the Cid's daughters? How is Minaya involved in the decision?

8. After the sons join the Cid in battle, where do they want to go? Why do they say they want to go?

9. How do King Alphonso's men feel about the Cid's success? Why do they feel this way?

10. What does Fernando say about the Cid? What does Fernando say about himself and his brother at the hearing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how general citizens, such as the people of Alcocer, feel about the Cid. Why do they feel this way about him?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of faith in the Cid's life.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the relationship between the Cid and his family. How does he take care for them while he is away?

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