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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many parts are there to the festivities preceding Easter?
(a) four
(b) two
(c) six
(d) five
2. Who shows the American around Castellon?
(a) the freighter's captain
(b) the freighter crew
(c) a hired guide
(d) the bargeman
3. At the end of the fiesta, the American saw his first:
(a) dance
(b) concert
(c) Catholic Mass
(d) zarzuela or light opera
4. In addition to Badajoz, Michener visits all but which one of the following cities in the Extremadura:
(a) Merida
(b) Barcelona
(c) Medellin
(d) Trujillo
5. What does Michener learn of the young men of the village in Extremadura?
(a) they work as merchants in the town
(b) they work for their fathers
(c) they work hard on their peasant plots
(d) they leave for Germany or Barcelona and send home money
6. Michener travels to the Gredos mountains to see:
(a) the memorial to Carlos
(b) A World War II battle site
(c) a memorial to Franco
(d) a gallery of El Grecos
7. Seneca was a great:
(a) intellectual
(b) slave
(c) medical man
(d) a business man
8. Where does the freighter stop to pick up oranges?
(a) Mallorca
(b) Burriana
(c) Valencia
(d) Castellian
9. Who runs the hospitals in Spain?
(a) the government
(b) the church
(c) various organizations
(d) they are paid for with tax dollars
10. Why didn't Michener enjoy the flamenco dance in Cordoba?
(a) he had a bad seat
(b) it was too touristy
(c) the waiter eas rude
(d) the partons were badly behaved
11. The author describes Spain as:
(a) a place he would never visit again
(b) horrible
(c) the same as other countries
(d) a very special country
12. Where else had the American traveled as he did in Spain?
(a) Mexico
(b) Bali
(c) Japan
(d) China
13. What is the name of the large wildlife preserve in Las Marismas?
(a) El Rochio
(b) the Alhambra
(c) Whitsuntide
(d) Coto Donana
14. The average man in Badajoz is:
(a) a farmer
(b) in various businesses
(c) an entertainer
(d) a merchant
15. Michener describes the Toledo cathedral as being:
(a) so beautiful that its variety could never be exhausted
(b) small
(c) ugly
(d) plain
Short Answer Questions
1. Codified law was first introduced to the area by:
2. In what way did the American travel to Teruel?
3. The procession takes place through:
4. Who is not one of the noble panopoly of four kings?
5. Who is the artist who painted "The Burial of Court Orgaz" and other famous works?
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