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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. Why can't Chimene ask the man she loves to be merciful?
(a) His honor is destroyed.
(b) He is angry with her.
(c) He does not love her.
(d) He loses his position as tutor to the King's son.

2. As the play opens, who is considered likely to be offered the position of tutor to the King's son?
(a) Don Gomes.
(b) Don Rodrigue.
(c) Don Sanche.
(d) The Infanta.

3. At the beginning of Act 3, Scene 1, where does Don Rodrigue arrive?
(a) Chimene's home.
(b) His own home.
(c) The palace.
(d) The Infanta's home.

4. Which characters enter first in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Infanta and Chimene.
(b) Chimene and Leonor.
(c) The Infanta and Leonor.
(d) Chimene and Elvire.

5. In Act 1, Scene 6, who resolves to take revenge in the way his father demands?
(a) Don Rodrigue.
(b) Don Gomes.
(c) Don Diegue.
(d) Don Sanche.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scenes 5 and 6, which character must choose between love and honor?

2. In Act 3, Scene 4, Don Rodrigue says he doesn't deserve Chimene's love if he doesn't have what?

3. In Act 2, Scene 2, who says he won't fight with someone not his equal, because there is no honor in it?

4. In Act 2, Scene 2, Don Gomes says he is glad to see that Don Rodrigue is influenced more by duty than by what?

5. In Act 3, Scene 2, how does Chimene respond to a character's offer to avenge her father's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Chimene's reaction, when she believes that Don Sanche killed Don Rodrigue in the duel.

2. Why does Don Diegue believe he is the best choice of tutor for the King's son?

3. The Infanta says she no longer loves Don Rodrigue, but now loves "Le Cid", the hero. What does she mean by this statement?

4. The Infanta, in her soliloquy, says that love outlasts and transcends hate. This goes against the logic of most characters throughout the play, who act more out of hate (in the name of honor) than out of love. How does this soliloquy reinforce the main theme of the play?

5. Act 1, Scene 3 includes obstacles to which two future events Chimene and Elvire anticipate in Scene 1?

6. In Act 2, Scene 8, given that Chimene and Don Diegue both present their arguments to the King, based on what is honorable, how can their requests be so opposite?

7. In Act 2, Scene 5, do the Infanta's words indicate a greater concern for honor or for love?

8. Describe the internal conflict described in soliloquy by Don Rodrigue, in Act 1, Scene 6.

9. Describe Don Diegue's defense of his son, Don Rodrigue, in Act 2, Scene 8?

10. Why is it ironic that Don Gomes admires Don Rodrigue's sense of honor?

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