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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. Which Spanish city had the most personal meaning for Michener?
(a) Barcelona
(b) Sevilla
(c) Teruel
(d) Grenada

2. In Spain:
(a) betting is illegal
(b) betting pools are popular on soccer
(c) there is no betting because of the church
(d) people prefer baseball to soccer

3. The saint worshiped at Avila is:
(a) Isabel
(b) Fancis
(c) Teresa
(d) Sebastian

4. Sets of robes for the Virgin of Guadeloupe are all but the following?
(a) costly
(b) made of stone
(c) embellished with precious jewels
(d) from various parts of the world

5. The bulls run a distance of:
(a) one mile
(b) seventeen hundred yards
(c) one and one half miles
(d) nine nundred yards

Short Answer Questions

1. Michener travels to Alcala de Henares to visit:

2. While sitting in the Plaza Mayor, Michener overhears a conversation of a group of Frenchmen. What does he learn?

3. Along the route is the shrine to:

4. What is the name of the square that Michener feels is the finest in Spain and one of the best in the world?

5. In terms of publishing, what sells well?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of corruption takes place in bullfighting?

2. How do the Spanish acquire apartments in the seacoast areas?

3. What did Michener think of his experience in Castielfabib?

4. What is the cuadrilla?

5. Where does the world Iberia come from?

6. What is the Day of St. James?

7. What are Michener's views on Portugal?

8. What is one of the things the Spanish town of Estrella is known for?

9. What is Pamplona famous for?

10. What is the sardona?

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