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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. Why does the King dismiss the advice of Don Sanche?

2. In Act 2, Scene 6, who is with the King when he enters?

3. Who says, sarcastically, that the Prince cannot have a better tutor?

4. What is the relationship between Don Diegue and Don Rodrigue?

5. What does Chimene worry destroys her family's reputation?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 1, how does Don Arias try to help Don Gomes? Is his attempt successful?

2. In Act 1, Scene 2, the Infanta is faced with a conflict between love and honor. What does she hope to gain, by choosing honor?

3. Chimene admits that she hopes Don Rodrigue wins the duel, because she does not want to marry Don Sanche. Is Chimene being honorable here?

4. In Act 2, Scene 3, the Infanta devises a way to skirt the issue of honor for Don Rodrigue, and to keep him safe. What is this plan? Why does Chimene agree to the plan?

5. What does Don Rodrigue say happens if he dies in the duel against Don Sanche?

6. In Act 2, Scene 5, how does the Infanta's fantasy foreshadow future events in the play?

7. Although Chimene loves Don Rodrigue, in Act 2, Scene 8 she begs the King to punish him for killing her father. Detail her arguments.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If Don Gomes is chosen to tutor the King's son rather than Don Diegue, how does the play progress differently? Is there still a duel between Don Gomes and Don Diegue? If so or if not, how does this outcome affect Don Rodrigue, Chimene, and the Infanta?

Essay Topic 2

Chimene, Don Rodrigue, and the Infanta all feel great obligation toward their parents. All sacrifice their own desires to uphold their parents' honor and desires. Do you agree with their actions? Are there times when an adult child is justified in defying a parent's wishes?

Essay Topic 3

Research the historical record of the real "Le Cid" or "El Cid." Compare the story of the real man to the Pierre Corneille version.

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