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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Isabel die?
(a) Madrid
(b) Tordesillas
(c) Madrigal
(d) Salamanca

2. Michener travels to El Escorial to:
(a) visit a cattle ranch
(b) visit a vineyard
(c) view the scenery
(d) see a church

3. Sevilla is described as:
(a) about the same age as Madrid
(b) two thousand years older than Madrid
(c) a relatively new city
(d) more modern than Madrid

4. What caused the decline of the University of Salamanca?
(a) it became basically a finishing school for the nobility
(b) it was closed by Isabel
(c) lack of qualified teachers
(d) lack of students

5. What does Michener learn of the young men of the village in Extremadura?
(a) they work for their fathers
(b) they work as merchants in the town
(c) they leave for Germany or Barcelona and send home money
(d) they work hard on their peasant plots

Short Answer Questions

1. The bulls run a distance of:

2. Michener travels to the Gredos mountains to see:

3. The Great Mosque at Medinat az-Zahra had been converted into a:

4. Modern Spain at the time is concerned with the:

5. Michener had first been to Madrid in:

(see the answer key)

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