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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. Why is Álvar unhappy?
(a) He misses his wife.
(b) They haven't eaten in days.
(c) He lost his best sword after a battle.
(d) They are banished from their home village.

2. Where are the slopes the Cid takes possession of in Section 27?
(a) In Castejón.
(b) Around Alcocer.
(c) South of Vivar.
(d) Near San Pedro.

3. How much does the Cid pay for the protection of his family?
(a) 100 marks.
(b) 500 marks.
(c) 50 marks.
(d) 70 marks.

4. The Cid urges some of his soldiers to aid ______.
(a) The Moors.
(b) Galve.
(c) Minaya.
(d) Bermúdez.

5. Who receives the Moorish soldier's horse in Section 38?
(a) King Fáriz.
(b) Galve.
(c) Minaya.
(d) The Cid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Cid plan to do to the inhabitants of Alcocer?

2. Why does the Cid want to go to San Pedro de Cardeña?

3. Who is offered a fifth of the Cid's booty as a reward?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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