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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Cantar: Sections 40-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Cid decide to do in Section 45?
(a) Send for his wife and daughters.
(b) Petition the king to have his banishment removed.
(c) Leave Alcocer.
(d) Return to Vivar.

2. Why does the Cid want to go to San Pedro de Cardeña?
(a) To go into hiding.
(b) To visit his family.
(c) To escape persecution.
(d) To rest.

3. Who praises God in Section 30?
(a) The Cid's wife.
(b) The Cid.
(c) Minaya.
(d) Álvar Fáñez.

4. What does Antolínez promise in Section 13?
(a) To rejoin the Cid.
(b) To return to his family.
(c) To take revenge against the king.
(d) To build a home for them.

5. Why does the Cid want Minaya and his soldiers to return after their journey in Section 43?
(a) To help make a camp.
(b) To prepare for another battle.
(c) To rejoice.
(d) To ensure their loyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Cid reach in Section 15?

2. How is the booty from the battle divided among the Cid's soldiers?

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

4. What count hears of the damage caused by the Cid on the Moorish countryside?

5. What does the Cid's wife pray for in Section 14?

(see the answer key)

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