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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Las Marismas contains:
(a) ski areas
(b) many wildlife areas
(c) World War II monuments
(d) big resorts

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

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

4. At the end of the fiesta, the American saw his first:
(a) concert
(b) Catholic Mass
(c) dance
(d) zarzuela or light opera

5. After church on Palm Sunday, participants don:
(a) black suits
(b) sports clothes
(c) white suits
(d) hooded tunic costumes

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

7. In what way did the American travel to Teruel?
(a) train
(b) freighter
(c) private car
(d) bus

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

9. Averroes was a:
(a) slave
(b) statesman
(c) orator
(d) philosopher

10. After the bull fight, the American went to:
(a) a concert
(b) a flamenco dance performance
(c) his hotel
(d) a bar

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

12. The people of Teruel are described as:
(a) well-to-do
(b) middle class
(c) poor peasants
(d) uban

13. The club proprietor explains to Michener:
(a) there are no businessmen in Badajoz
(b) the tradition of Spanish names
(c) that he should not ask questions
(d) why he is not welcome at the club

14. Maimonides was a:
(a) religious philosopher
(b) slave
(c) medical man
(d) orator

15. What is the name of the large wildlife preserve in Las Marismas?
(a) Whitsuntide
(b) the Alhambra
(c) Coto Donana
(d) El Rochio

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did Michener find at the second restaurant?

2. The Alhambra is:

3. When Michener told the hotel clerk in Badajoz that he planned to remain for a month, the clerk:

4. How many days of processions are there for the parishes?

5. The Mozarabes:

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