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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. Michener describes Barcelona as the:

2. Michener admits that regarding bullfighting:

3. Michener had first visited Teruel:

4. What does Michener learn of the publishing business in Spain?

5. When Michener meets Don Luis in Madrid, they discuss:

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Day of St. James?

2. What is the sardona?

3. What is the Black Legend?

4. Where does the world Iberia come from?

5. What are Michener's views on Portugal?

6. Why was Teruel of personal interest to Michener?

7. How had the small town of Teruel become significant in the Spanish Civil War?

8. What is the Way of St. James?

9. What does Michener say that Arevalo is renowned for?

10. What was the Spanish Inquisition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is there so much Islamic history in Spain? How did the Muslims come to be in Spain? When were they expelled from Spain and why?

Essay Topic 2

Franco established a right wing dictatorship after winning the Spanish Civil War. Discuss the Franco dictatorship. What did the terms red and white refer to after the establishment of the dictatorship? Were they distortions? Why does a dictatorship have to lie to its people?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Spanish Inquisition? Why did it take place? Explain the workings of the investigations and the disposition of those investigated.

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