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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the Cid, how long until the battle will be over in Section 91?
(a) Several hours.
(b) One day.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two days.

4. What do Fernando and Diego do when they are with their wives in the forest of the Corpes?
(a) Build them a house.
(b) Beat them and leave them for dead.
(c) Try to kill them by drowning them.
(d) Confess that they do not love them.

5. Whose idea was the marriages of the Cid's daughters to King Alphonso's sons?
(a) King Alphonso's.
(b) The Cid's wife's.
(c) King Alphonso's sons'.
(d) The Cid's.

6. What is noted about the Cid in Section 140?
(a) His long beard.
(b) His odd clothing.
(c) His disrespect toward royalty.
(d) His passion about his daughters.

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

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

9. Who begins a war with the Cid and his men in Section 113?
(a) Frenchmen.
(b) Vikings.
(c) Moroccans.
(d) Celts.

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

11. What does the Cid think about the possibility of his daughters marrying King Alphonso's sons?
(a) He thinks his wife will object.
(b) He thinks his daughters are too young.
(c) He thinks King Alphonso's sons are too wild.
(d) He thinks his daughters will miss him too much.

12. What does the Cid swear in Section 131?
(a) That he will kill King Alphonso's sons.
(b) That he will find better husbands for his daughters.
(c) That he will reunite his daughters with their husbands.
(d) That he will do to King Alphonso's sons what they did to him.

13. What does the Cid want to happen to the sons?
(a) He wants them to be called to a judicial meeting.
(b) He wants them to be killed.
(c) He wants them to be banished.
(d) He wants them to be imprisoned.

14. Who is making preparations in Section 103?
(a) The Cid.
(b) The Cid's wife.
(c) King Alphonso.
(d) The Moors.

15. Who overhears a conversation between the Infantes of Carrión about going to war?
(a) King Búcar.
(b) Minaya.
(c) The Cid's wife.
(d) Muño Gustioz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the governor Abengalbón also entertain the Cid and his men?

2. Who notes something about the Cid in Section 140?

3. How do the Infantes of Carrión feel about going to war?

4. Where are the Infantes of Carrión at the beginning of Section 112?

5. What amazes people about the Cid's new horse in Section 85?

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