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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the Cid reach in Section 15?
(a) Vivar.
(b) San Pedro.
(c) Castile.
(d) Burgos.

3. What does Martín Antolínez give to the Cid and his followers in Section 5?
(a) Asylum.
(b) Shelter and water.
(c) Money and food.
(d) Bread and wine.

4. What people do Cid and his men fight in Sections 67 and 68?
(a) The people of Valencia.
(b) The people of Vivar.
(c) The people of San Pedro.
(d) The people of Burria.

5. How many soldiers does the Cid count in Section 77?
(a) 3000.
(b) 360.
(c) 600.
(d) 3600.

6. Who asks for advice from the Cid before he leaves?
(a) An innkeeper.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) A soldier.

7. Who does the Cid want to tell his friends in Castile that God has favored the Cid?
(a) A local priest.
(b) King Alphonso.
(c) Minaya.
(d) His wife.

8. What does Cid tell his friend, Álvar, to do in Section 2?
(a) To be happy.
(b) To stay with the horses.
(c) To get some firewood.
(d) To deliver a message to his wife.

9. How do the inhabitants of Alcocer feel about the Cid and his men?
(a) They celebrate them.
(b) They are indifferent toward them.
(c) They are afraid of them.
(d) They are allies with them.

10. Who is struck in Section 39?
(a) King Fáriz.
(b) Minaya.
(c) The Cid.
(d) Galve.

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

12. The ruler of what city attempts to attack the Cid in Section 75?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Fortuna.
(d) Seville.

13. What two forces does the count join to fight against the Cid in in Section 56?
(a) Celts and Moors.
(b) Celts and Vikings.
(c) Christians and Moors.
(d) Christians and Celts.

14. How many knights accompany Minaya to Valencia in Section 83?
(a) 400.
(b) 165.
(c) 239.
(d) 65.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Cid and his men set up at the Castejón de Henares?

2. Who does the Cid inform of his intent to stay in the slopes in Section 27?

3. Why does the count look over his shoulder as he's leaving in Section 63?

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

5. Who does Antolínez say goodbye to in Section 13?

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