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

2. Who reminds Fernando of the incident in which he hid instead of protecting the Cid?
(a) Pedro Mudo.
(b) King Alfonso.
(c) The Cid's daughters.
(d) The Cid.

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

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

5. How does King Alphonso react to the news of what happened to the Cid's daughters?
(a) He is grieved.
(b) He is proud of his sons' strength.
(c) He doesn't get news of the events.
(d) He doesn't believe it.

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

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

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

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

10. How does Count García Ordóñez feel about the Cid's success?
(a) He is proud.
(b) He expresses no feelings one way or the other.
(c) He is unhappy.
(d) He feels patriotic.

11. What does Count Garcia say about the Cid's daughters in Section 140?
(a) That they are of lower stature than the King's sons.
(b) That they did not care for the King's sons as wives should have.
(c) That they could have stayed home with the Cid and it wouldn't have happened.
(d) That they have already forgiven the King's sons.

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

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

14. How many men does the Cid gather to go to the hearing?
(a) 200.
(b) 50.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 100.

15. Where does Diego hide?
(a) In a chimney.
(b) Under the couch.
(c) Behind a wine press.
(d) Behind the curtain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is a court hearing set up in Section 133?

2. Who is preparing to meet with King Alphonso in Section 104?

3. How does the Cid prevent attention from being drawn to himself during the hearing?

4. Who does the Cid blame for the actions of King Alphonso's sons?

5. Who is making preparations in Section 103?

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