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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Section 138, who is issued a challenge?
(a) Pedro Mudo.
(b) The King's sons.
(c) The King.
(d) The Cid.

2. How many men are killed in the first day of battle in Section 92?
(a) 70.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 500.

3. Where does Fernando hide in Section 112?
(a) Behind the curtain.
(b) Under the couch.
(c) Behind a wine press.
(d) In a chimney.

4. How many horses does the Cid send to King Alphonso in Section 96?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 200.
(d) 30.

5. How does the Cid feel about the proposals?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He does not know about the proposals.
(c) He does not express feelings one way or the other.
(d) He is not pleased.

6. What does the Cid when he is finally in front of King Alphonso in person?
(a) Kisses his hand.
(b) Prostrates himself.
(c) Bows his head respectfully.
(d) Embraces him.

7. How many Moors escape the Cid's army in the second battle in Section 95?
(a) 600.
(b) None.
(c) 72.
(d) 104.

8. What is ultimately decided about the marriages?
(a) They will proceed.
(b) They will proceed, but not until the daughters are two years older.
(c) They will not proceed.
(d) The decision will be left to the Cid's daughters.

9. What does the Cid do when he hears of the fears of the Infantes of Carrión about going to war?
(a) He tells King Alphonso he regrets allowing his daughters to marry them.
(b) He excuses them from war.
(c) He chastised them for their cowardice.
(d) Nothing.

10. Who proposes to the Cid's daughters in Section 101?
(a) Soldiers of the Cid's army.
(b) The sons of an enemy ruler.
(c) Count García Ordóñez's sons.
(d) King Alphonso's sons.

11. How many knights does the Cid send out to greet his wife and daughters in Section 85?
(a) 100.
(b) 400.
(c) 200.
(d) 300.

12. How many palfreys does the Cid give the king as a gift in Section 106?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

13. What do the men surround in Section 112?
(a) King Alphonso's couch.
(b) Cid's daughters' bedchamber.
(c) The bedchamber of the Infantes of Carrión.
(d) Cid's couch.

14. Who makes fun of the Infantes of Carrión in Section 112?
(a) The Cid.
(b) King Alphonso.
(c) The Cid's daughters.
(d) The Cid's men.

15. What does the Cid decide about the marriage proposals?
(a) He offers to find other brides, and if he can't, the sons can marry his daughters.
(b) He agrees to the marriages.
(c) He does not agree to the marriages.
(d) He leaves the decision to the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does King Alphonso react to the news of what happened to the Cid's daughters?

2. In what section does the Third Cantar begin?

3. How many Moors were in the army in the second battle in Section 95?

4. What is described in Section 111?

5. What does the Cid want back from his former sons-in-law?

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