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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does Michener find on all of the churches in Spain?

2. Which of the following does not come from the Las Marismas area?

3. What kind of candy is a Spanish delicacy?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Michener recommend travelers visit Sevilla during the weeks preceding Easter?

3. Why does the author compare Spain to Italy?

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

5. Why did Michener want to see Cordoba and Grenada?

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

7. What is a confraternity?

8. What is the purpose of the oranges the freighter is picking up?

9. What are the three kinds of floats that take part in the processions?

10. What is Michener's reason for going to the Las Marsimas area?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Pamplona known for? Why do people come from all over the world to take part? What is a corrida? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

When Michener travels in the Extremadura, what does he find out about the young men? Why do they return if they go to Germany? In what other countries do you think this phenomena occurs?

Essay Topic 3

From what you have read in the book, what is your favorite area of Spain? Why? Explain some of the things you would want to see and do there if you traveled to that area.

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