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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 is the Alcazar?
(a) the main shipping area
(b) a palace
(c) a huge fortress in Toledo
(d) the central square
2. What bird populates Las Marismas that is sold throughout Europe as pets?
(a) the parakeet
(b) the goldfinch
(c) the egret
(d) the stork
3. Michener journeys to Medinat az-Zahra to visit a:
(a) palace
(b) school
(c) villager
(d) museum
4. The oranges were shipped in:
(a) steel barrels
(b) wooden crates
(c) sacks
(d) loose
5. How many days of processions are there for the parishes?
(a) ten
(b) fourteen
(c) seven
(d) twenty-one
Short Answer Questions
1. The average man in Badajoz is:
2. After church on Palm Sunday, participants don:
3. The festivities take place over a period of:
4. What problem did Michener find at the second restaurant?
5. Who is the artist who painted "The Burial of Court Orgaz" and other famous works?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the three kinds of floats that take part in the processions?
2. Why does Michener recommend travelers visit Sevilla during the weeks preceding Easter?
3. What was the Spanish Civil War?
4. How does the American end up attending a bullfight in Valencia?
5. Why does Michener consider the side trip to Merida to be a necessity?
6. Why did Michener want to go to Badajoz?
7. Why does the author compare Spain to Italy?
8. Why did Michener want to see Cordoba and Grenada?
9. What is the purpose of the darts with streamers thrown by the woman of the balconies in Castellon?
10. What does Michener learn about the social activities of the average man?
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