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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 Arab quarter
(b) the Jewish quarter
(c) the cathedral
(d) the Cozodover

2. After church on Palm Sunday, participants don:
(a) sports clothes
(b) white suits
(c) hooded tunic costumes
(d) black suits

3. At the time of Michener's visit to Badajoz, the leader of Spain is:
(a) Generalisimo Franco
(b) King Carlos
(c) President Zamora
(d) Queen Isabel

4. Michener describes the cathedral of Badajoz as:
(a) beautiful
(b) the hub of town activity
(c) akwardly located
(d) ugly

5. The author describes Spain as:
(a) a very special country
(b) the same as other countries
(c) a place he would never visit again
(d) horrible

Short Answer Questions

1. Michener's first impressions of Toledo was that it was:

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

3. The bright orange on the tree trunks indicates that the trunks were:

4. Who is not one of the artists who works are in the Toledo cathedral?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michener learn from the villagers about the young men?

2. What is a confraternity?

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

4. Why does Michener consider the side trip to Merida to be a necessity?

5. Who was Cisneros?

6. What was the Spanish Civil War?

7. Why does the author compare Spain to Italy?

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

9. Why did Michener want to go to Badajoz?

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

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