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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regarding bullfighting, Michener's major interest has always been with:
(a) the bull
(b) the press coverage
(c) the socializaiton
(d) the matador

2. Michener travels to El Escorial to:
(a) visit a vineyard
(b) see a church
(c) visit a cattle ranch
(d) view the scenery

3. The architecture of Northern Spain is:
(a) Gothic
(b) Visigothic
(c) Moorish
(d) Romanesque

4. According to Michener, the men from Andalucia who migrate to Barcelona stay there because:
(a) better living conditions
(b) they find a better life
(c) they have hope
(d) they find good jobs

5. Along the route is the shrine to:
(a) the Virgin of Fatima
(b) the Virgin of Guadaloupe
(c) the Virgin of Lourdes
(d) the Virgin of El Puy

6. Which of the following is not one of Michener's reasons for going to the Pamploma region?
(a) to see Tudela
(b) to interview Ernest Hemingway
(c) to picnic in the Pass of Roncasvalles
(d) to study the cathedral of Pamplona

7. Modern Spain at the time is concerned with the:
(a) separation of church and state
(b) Gibraltar question
(c) governemnt of Spain after Franco
(d) modernization

8. Who shows Michener around Teruel?
(a) the mayor
(b) a hotel guide
(c) a priest
(d) the director of publicity

9. Teruel had been the site of:
(a) a major battle in the Spanish Civil War
(b) the end of the Spanish Civil War
(c) a major strike
(d) a big festival

10. Where did Isabel die?
(a) Tordesillas
(b) Madrid
(c) Salamanca
(d) Madrigal

11. The Catalan separatists want all but the following:
(a) their own newspapers
(b) a separate state
(c) their own univeristies
(d) their own language

12. What did Michener discover had occurred along the Mediterranean sea coast since his last visit three years earlier?
(a) there had been an oil spill
(b) it was developed with apartment buildings and resorts
(c) the seashore had deteriorated
(d) the seacoast was being preserved

13. Michener found Madrid newspapers to:
(a) have many sales pages
(b) have little information on the politics in Spain
(c) have little international news
(d) be very informational

14. According to tradition, the Apostle James:
(a) was born in Santiage de Compostella
(b) preached in this part of Spain
(c) was martyred in Compostella
(d) wrote about Compostella

15. From whom does Michener learn the history of Castielfabib?
(a) the innkeeper's family
(b) a tour guide
(c) the mayor
(d) a priest

Short Answer Questions

1. In terms of publishing, what sells well?

2. The highlight of the feast of San Fermin is the:

3. A corrida is:

4. Who walks into the Bar Txoco when Michener is there?

5. The bulls run each day for:

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