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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does the Cid agree to wait after visiting Castile?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. How many horsemen does the Cid have?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Nearly a hundred.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) Ninety-seven.

3. What does the Cid send to the church in Section 41?
(a) Money.
(b) A letter.
(c) Food.
(d) Horses.

4. What must the count do in order to be set free by the Cid?
(a) Eat.
(b) Nothing; he is not offered freedom.
(c) Pledge loyalty to the Cid.
(d) Renounce his faith.

5. What does the Cid ask in return for his gift to King Alphonso in Section 77?
(a) That his family can join him in the land he has conquered.
(b) That King Alphonso will send an equal number of soldiers to fight with the Cid.
(c) Nothing; it is a gift.
(d) That he can return to his homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is struck in Section 39?

2. What does the Cid say he will not cut in Section 76?

3. What does the Cid send to his wife and daughters in Section 41?

4. How do the inhabitants of Alcocer feel about the Cid and his men?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Cid's relationship with God? How do you know?

2. What suggestion does Minaya give the Cid for those who wish to leave his service?

3. How does the Cid react when an army of Moors and Christians is organized to fight him? What does this say about him?

4. Describe the Cid's dream in Section 19. What does it mean?

5. How does the Cid trick the citizens of Alcocer?

6. What does the victory in Section 39 reveal about the Cid?

7. What relationship does the Cid have with his family? How do you know?

8. What does the Cid decide about his beard in Section 76? Why?

9. Explain the circumstances of the Cid's victory over the Valencians.

10. What does the Cid decide to do with the captives at Alcocer? What role do they then play for the Cid and his men?

(see the answer keys)

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