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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Las Marismas is:
(a) in the high country
(b) a swamp land
(c) a rich agricultural area
(d) a wealthy part of the country
2. Who is the artist who painted "The Burial of Court Orgaz" and other famous works?
(a) El Prago
(b) El Greco
(c) Vigarni
(d) Rodrigo
3. Damascene is:
(a) a dish of rice and chicken
(b) a form of china
(c) a famous Spanish painter
(d) an item made from steel overlaid with gold
4. What does Michener recommend travelers do before visiting Spain?
(a) see a performance of Don Juan Tenorio
(b) read travel books
(c) plan their itinerary
(d) learn the language
5. Which is not one of the four men whose birthplaces Michener wanted to see:
(a) Maimonides
(b) Plato
(c) Seneca
(d) Hosius
6. Seneca was a great:
(a) medical man
(b) intellectual
(c) slave
(d) a business man
7. The Great Mosque at Medinat az-Zahra had been converted into a:
(a) hospital
(b) fort
(c) cathedral
(d) school
8. Michener's first impressions of Toledo was that it was:
(a) pleasant
(b) too congested
(c) the most bheautiful city he has ever seen
(d) Spanish tourism at its worst
9. Maimonides was a:
(a) religious philosopher
(b) orator
(c) medical man
(d) slave
10. Sevilla is described as:
(a) two thousand years older than Madrid
(b) a relatively new city
(c) about the same age as Madrid
(d) more modern than Madrid
11. In the Toledo cathedral, there is a memorial to:
(a) Columbus
(b) Cisneros
(c) El Greco
(d) Queen Isabel
12. Which city does Michener feel reveals the essence of Spanish history?
(a) Badajox
(b) Madrid
(c) Toledo
(d) Barriana
13. After wandering around the country side of Teruel, who does the American meet as he returns?
(a) the bargeman
(b) the crew from the freighter
(c) a woman from Castellon
(d) the Guardia Civil
14. What is the principle city in the Las Marismas area?
(a) Cordoba
(b) Grenada
(c) Sanlucar
(d) Madrid
15. Who is not one of the noble panopoly of four kings?
(a) Juan Carlos
(b) Juana la Loca
(c) Felipe
(d) Fernando
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Michener learn of the young men of the village in Extremadura?
2. In Castellon, what did the women throw from the balconies?
3. In addition to Badajoz, Michener visits all but which one of the following cities in the Extremadura:
4. The tombs of Ferdinand and Isabel are located in:
5. Las Marismas is located:
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