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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Cantar: Sections 84-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the count do in order to be set free by the Cid?
(a) Nothing; he is not offered freedom.
(b) Eat.
(c) Renounce his faith.
(d) Pledge loyalty to the Cid.

2. Why does the Cid send something to the church in Section 41?
(a) To let his wife know he's alive.
(b) For masses to be said.
(c) To feed the orphans.
(d) So his family can ride to meet him.

3. How does King Alphonso react to his gifts in Sections 47 and 48?
(a) He gives them to the Cid's wife and daughters.
(b) He is dissatisfied.
(c) He is pleased.
(d) He never receives them.

4. How many soldiers does the Cid count in Section 77?
(a) 360.
(b) 600.
(c) 3600.
(d) 3000.

5. Who wrote "The Poem of the Cid"?
(a) Pablo Neruda.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) M. H. Abrams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Cid do in Section 25?

2. Who refuses a fifth of the Cid's booty as a reward?

3. What do the Cid and his family do before he and his followers leave the country of Castile?

4. Who wins the battle between the Cid and the count?

5. What does the Cid ask in return for his gift to King Alphonso in Section 77?

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