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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Cordoba does Michener describe as enchanting?
(a) the Cozodover
(b) the cathedral
(c) the Arab quarter
(d) the Jewish quarter

2. Who shows the American around Castellon?
(a) the freighter's captain
(b) the bargeman
(c) a hired guide
(d) the freighter crew

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

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

5. Michener recommends that travelers visit Sevilla:
(a) during the period before Easter
(b) for the Christmas holidays
(c) during summer
(d) at any time

Short Answer Questions

1. The terms Las Marismas means:

2. What is the focal point of socialization for businessmen in Spain?

3. The parishes have:

4. Michener journeys to Medinat az-Zahra to visit a:

5. At the end of the fiesta, the American saw his first:

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Spanish Civil War?

2. What is the purpose of the oranges the freighter is picking up?

3. Who was Seneca, one of the four men whose birthplace Michener wanted to see?

4. Who were the Goths and the Visigoths?

5. How did there come to be an Islamic culture in Spain?

6. What does the American find when he travels to Teruel by train?

7. What are the three kinds of floats that take part in the processions?

8. What is a confraternity?

9. What is significant about the cathedral of Toledo?

10. Why does Michener feel that Toledo reveals the essence of Spanish history?

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