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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. In addition to Badajoz, Michener visits all but which one of the following cities in the Extremadura:

2. What is so impressive about the Toledo cathedral?

3. Michener spends his first evening in Badajoz:

4. Badajoz is located in a region called:

5. In what way did the American travel to Teruel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Michener experience with restaurants when he first arrives in Toledo?

2. What is the Alhambra?

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

4. What is significant about the cathedral of Toledo?

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

6. What is a confraternity?

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

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

9. Why does the author compare Spain to Italy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Michener describes himself as a tourist in Spain and says that the experiences he had in Spain are available to any intelligent traveler. Do you agree with him? What is required to have the experience that Michener had? Do you think the fact that he is a famous writer helps?

Essay Topic 2

There is a strong separatism movement in Spain in Catalonia, especially in the Basque region. Explain what separatism is. What is it that the Catalan separatists want? What are the effects of separatism?

Essay Topic 3

There is a great deal of his story contained in Michener's Iberia. Is this a good way to learn history? Do you feel that Michener's presentation makes it more interesting? Why or why not?

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