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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Michener describes the cathedral of Badajoz as:
(a) the hub of town activity
(b) akwardly located
(c) beautiful
(d) ugly

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

3. Where else had the American traveled as he did in Spain?
(a) Mexico
(b) Bali
(c) China
(d) Japan

4. Which city does Michener feel reveals the essence of Spanish history?
(a) Toledo
(b) Madrid
(c) Barriana
(d) Badajox

5. Before leaving Valencia, who does the American meet?
(a) the President of Spain
(b) the bargeman
(c) a news reporter
(d) a beautiful woman

6. The Great Mosque at Medinat az-Zahra had been converted into a:
(a) hospital
(b) cathedral
(c) school
(d) fort

7. Cordoba is located on the:
(a) Rio Grande
(b) Rio Tajo
(c) Rio Lisboa
(d) Rio Guadalquivir

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

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

10. The parishes have:
(a) don't take part in the processions
(b) floats with different themes for the different days
(c) have continual Masses during the processions
(d) are closed during the festivities

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

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

13. Seneca was a great:
(a) medical man
(b) a business man
(c) intellectual
(d) slave

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

15. The Alhambra is:
(a) a hotel
(b) a shopping center
(c) a collection of buildings and castles with gardens and fountains
(d) a famous church

Short Answer Questions

1. What is so impressive about the Toledo cathedral?

2. The Mozarabes:

3. In Grenada, Michener visited the:

4. After church on Palm Sunday, participants don:

5. What part of Cordoba does Michener describe as enchanting?

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