View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regarding bullfighting, Michener's major interest has always been with:
(a) the bull
(b) the matador
(c) the press coverage
(d) the socializaiton

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

3. What did Michener discover had occurred along the Mediterranean sea coast since his last visit three years earlier?
(a) it was developed with apartment buildings and resorts
(b) the seashore had deteriorated
(c) the seacoast was being preserved
(d) there had been an oil spill

4. What caused the decline of the University of Salamanca?
(a) it was closed by Isabel
(b) lack of students
(c) lack of qualified teachers
(d) it became basically a finishing school for the nobility

5. John Moore was an English general in the war against:
(a) Napoleon
(b) Zamora
(c) Juan Carlos
(d) Franco

Short Answer Questions

1. Michener admits that regarding bullfighting:

2. The tertulia is a:

3. While walking around Teruel, Michener found:

4. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was composed of:

5. Which of the following is not one of Michener's reasons for going to the Pamploma region?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Michener discusses the changes that have taken place in Madrid since his first visit, to what does he attribute the changed mores of women?

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

3. What is the cuadrilla?

4. What is Michener's attitude toward bullfighting?

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

6. What is the Black Legend?

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

8. Where does the world Iberia come from?

9. What is the Way of St. James?

10. What is the Day of St. James?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 614 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample