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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Cantar, Sections 133-144.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Cid swear in Section 131?
(a) That he will find better husbands for his daughters.
(b) That he will reunite his daughters with their husbands.
(c) That he will do to King Alphonso's sons what they did to him.
(d) That he will kill King Alphonso's sons.

2. What do Fernando and Diego do when they are with their wives in the forest of the Corpes?
(a) Beat them and leave them for dead.
(b) Build them a house.
(c) Try to kill them by drowning them.
(d) Confess that they do not love them.

3. How do the Moors of Alcocer react to the Cid's decision in Section 45?
(a) They help him prepare.
(b) They build him a home.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They cry.

4. Who comes to the Cid in a dream in Section 19?
(a) The Angel Gabriel.
(b) His daughters.
(c) His wife.
(d) Jesus Christ.

5. How do the Moors of Terrer and Calatayud react to the Cid's decision in Section 45?
(a) They are sad about it.
(b) They do not react.
(c) They are glad about it.
(d) They do not know about the decision.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many knights accompany Minaya to Valencia in Section 83?

2. What do the Cid's victories show, according to Section 65?

3. How many men are killed in the first day of battle in Section 92?

4. Who wrote "The Poem of the Cid"?

5. What does the Cid want to happen to the sons?

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