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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the artist who painted "The Burial of Court Orgaz" and other famous works?
(a) El Greco
(b) Rodrigo
(c) El Prago
(d) Vigarni

2. Michener recommends that travelers visit Sevilla:
(a) during summer
(b) at any time
(c) during the period before Easter
(d) for the Christmas holidays

3. Badajoz is located in a region called:
(a) Costa del Sol
(b) Portugal
(c) Extremadurar
(d) Basque

4. The book opens with a freighter traveling to Spain from:
(a) United States
(b) France
(c) England
(d) Scotland

5. Where does Michener travel for the Whitsuntide festival?
(a) El Rocio
(b) Sanlucar
(c) Barriana
(d) Cordoba

6. When Michener told the hotel clerk in Badajoz that he planned to remain for a month, the clerk:
(a) raised the price of the room
(b) offered free meals
(c) maintained the same price of the room
(d) lowered the price of the room

7. In Grenada, Michener visited the:
(a) museum
(b) shopping center
(c) Alhambra
(d) art gallery

8. Many Spanish heroes who came to America were from:
(a) Barcelona
(b) the Extremadura region
(c) the Basque region
(d) Madrid

9. The Concha y Sierra:
(a) is a dude ranch
(b) is a large resort hotel
(c) provides the best bulls in bull fighting
(d) is a museum

10. The man on board in the Introduction is described as being:
(a) Scottish
(b) American
(c) ERnglish
(d) Spanish

11. How many days of processions are there for the parishes?
(a) twenty-one
(b) fourteen
(c) seven
(d) ten

12. Michener travels to Las Marismas to visit:
(a) the palace
(b) a friend
(c) a bull ranch
(d) the seaport

13. The oranges were shipped in:
(a) sacks
(b) loose
(c) wooden crates
(d) steel barrels

14. Cordoba was a center of:
(a) a World War II memorial
(b) great universities
(c) Islamic culture
(d) a Civil War memorial

15. The tombs of Ferdinand and Isabel are located in:
(a) Grenada
(b) Cordoba
(c) Toledo
(d) Madrid

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the fiesta, the American saw his first:

2. Who invaded Cordoba in 711?

3. What is the Alcazar?

4. What kind of candy is a Spanish delicacy?

5. What words does Michener find on all of the churches in Spain?

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