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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Cantar, Sections 145-152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story will be told in Section 64?
(a) The Cid's journey to Vivar.
(b) The Cid's spiritual conversion.
(c) The great deeds of the Cid.
(d) The Cid and the Horse Thief.

2. Who is appointed as the Cid's daughters' sponsor?
(a) The Cid.
(b) The Cid's wife.
(c) Minaya.
(d) King Alphonso.

3. Those who do not agree to the symbol of loyalty Minaya suggests risk losing what?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their riches.
(c) Their lives.
(d) Their horses.

4. How does the Cid prevent attention from being drawn to himself during the hearing?
(a) Hides in the back of the meeting area.
(b) Wears a disguise.
(c) Covers his beard.
(d) Dresses in long robes.

5. What do the King's sons believe will happen to them because they deserted their wives?
(a) That all will go back to the way it was before they married.
(b) That they will be killed.
(c) That they will be banished.
(d) That they will gain honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks to be exempt from the court hearing in Section 135?

2. How many men does the Cid gather to go to the hearing?

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

4. Who receives the Moorish soldier's horse in Section 38?

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

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