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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cordoba.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Alcazar?
(a) a huge fortress in Toledo
(b) a palace
(c) the main shipping area
(d) the central square

2. Michener spends his first evening in Badajoz:
(a) in the hotel lobby
(b) unpacking
(c) in the cathedral
(d) sitting in the plaza watching and talking to the people

3. In what year did the Christians expel the Moors from Cordoba?
(a) 850
(b) 1236
(c) 912
(d) 1011

4. The oranges are to be used for:
(a) produce
(b) not stated
(c) juice
(d) making marmalade

5. Michener felt his hotel room was:
(a) cheap
(b) hot, cramped and noisy
(c) luxurious
(d) too expensive

Short Answer Questions

1. Michener wants to know about:

2. What kind of candy is a Spanish delicacy?

3. What is so impressive about the Toledo cathedral?

4. The Alhambra is:

5. The book opens with a freighter traveling to Spain from:

(see the answer key)

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