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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Cantar: Sections 19-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Cid do in Section 25?
(a) Goes home.
(b) Surrenders.
(c) Fights King Alphonso.
(d) Leaves Castejón.

3. How many Moors are killed in Section 36?
(a) More than ten thousand.
(b) Too many to count.
(c) More than five hundred.
(d) More than one thousand.

4. Who does the Cid sell his share back to?
(a) Minaya.
(b) The king.
(c) Local villagers.
(d) The Moors.

5. What does the Cid's wife pray for in Section 14?
(a) Her own safety.
(b) His return.
(c) His safety.
(d) The death of the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much do Rachel and Vidas pay the Cid in exchange for the chests?

2. Who is crying at the beginning of the First Cantar?

3. For how many sections does the Cid count his men?

4. What does Cid tell his friend, Álvar, to do in Section 2?

5. Who kills a Moorish soldier in Section 38?

(see the answer key)

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