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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. Who does the Cid pay for the protection of his family?
(a) Abbots.
(b) Nuns.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Villagers.

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

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

4. What does the Cid plan to do to the inhabitants of Alcocer?
(a) Avoid them.
(b) Trick them.
(c) Pay tribute to them.
(d) Create a treaty with them.

5. What does Rachel ask as a gift from the Cid?
(a) A flute.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) A Moorish tunic.
(d) An Indian sari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Minaya and his men bring back to the Cid and the other men?

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

3. How long does the siege by the Moors last?

4. What does Antolínez promise in Section 13?

5. Where are the slopes the Cid takes possession of in Section 27?

(see the answer key)

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