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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Spanish royalty do with their illegitimate daughters?
(a) placed them in convents at an early age
(b) treated them as equals
(c) had them killed
(d) adopted them so they were legitimate

4. What is the name of the square that Michener feels is the finest in Spain and one of the best in the world?
(a) St. Marks
(b) Zocalo
(c) Salamanca's Plaza Mayor
(d) St. Teresas

5. How long did the battle for Teruel last?
(a) six months
(b) 69 days
(c) two weeks
(d) three weeks

6. Michener travels to Alcala de Henares to visit:
(a) winery
(b) art museum
(c) the tertulia
(d) the ruins of Cisneros' university

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

8. Michener claims to have seen how many bullfights?
(a) 700
(b) 500
(c) 1000
(d) 250

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

10. The sport of bullfighting is subject to:
(a) low attendance
(b) poorly bred bulls
(c) poorly trained matadors
(d) corruption

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

12. Which of the following is a popular sport in Spain?
(a) baseball
(b) cricket
(c) jai alai
(d) La Crosse

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

14. What does Michener learn of the publishing business in Spain?
(a) neither books nor magazines sell well
(b) books sell well
(c) magazines sell well
(d) both books and magazines sell well

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While traveling from town to town, Michener is tracing the history of:

2. Which of the following is not one of Michener's reasons for going to the Pamploma region?

3. According to tradition, the Apostle James:

4. This pilgrimage across Spain is known as:

5. The river of Tudela, the Rio Ebro was:

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