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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. Damascene is:
(a) a dish of rice and chicken
(b) an item made from steel overlaid with gold
(c) a form of china
(d) a famous Spanish painter

2. The terms Las Marismas means:
(a) wildlife
(b) bull ranch
(c) the low lands
(d) the Tidelands

3. Who invaded Cordoba in 711?
(a) the Visigoths
(b) the Goths
(c) the Moors
(d) the Romans

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

5. What problems did Michener have at the first restaurant he visited?
(a) he couldn't speak the language
(b) it was too expensive
(c) the food was bad
(d) he didn't ask for the tourist menu

Short Answer Questions

1. The parishes have:

2. Michener recommends that travelers visit Sevilla:

3. Averroes was a:

4. What is the Alcazar?

5. What is the principle city in the Las Marismas area?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the first things that Michener wants to know about Badajoz?

2. What is the Alhambra?

3. Who were the Goths and the Visigoths?

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

5. Who was Cisneros?

6. What does Michener learn about the social activities of the average man?

7. Why did Michener want to go to Badajoz?

8. Why does the author compare Spain to Italy?

9. What is the major wildlife preserve in Las Marimas?

10. Who was Maimonides, another of the great men whose birthplace Michener wanted to see?

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