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

2. Who does the Cid demand speaks and defends his cousins in Section 142?
(a) Count Garcia.
(b) The King's sons.
(c) Pedro Mudo.
(d) The King.

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

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

5. Who joins the Cid's army on the trip back to Valencia in section 107?
(a) The priest of the church of Santa Maria.
(b) The Count of Barcelona.
(c) King Alphonso.
(d) King Alphonso's sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Cid's horse in Section 86?

2. How many knights does the Cid send out to greet his wife and daughters in Section 85?

3. Who subdues a lion in Section 112?

4. What is described in Section 111?

5. The Moorish king of ______ decides to attack the Cid and his armies in Sections 88 and 89.

Short Essay Questions

1. What conditions does King Alphonso puts on the attendance of the judicial meeting set up in Toledo?

2. Why does the Cid want to wait to go to the meeting? How does he spend this delayed time?

3. After the sons join the Cid in battle, where do they want to go? Why do they say they want to go?

4. What happens when the Cid and King Alphonso meet in Section 103? How does King Alphonso react?

5. What gift does the Cid give the king in Section 107? Why?

6. What characteristic of an epic poem is evident in Sections 84-102?

7. How do the Cid and Minaya react after the battle in regards to the king's sons? How do the sons react?

8. What is the Cid's decision regarding the marriage of his daughters? What does this reveal about him?

9. What two concerns does the Cid express about the marriage of his daughters to the king's sons?

10. How does the Cid feel about the marriages of his daughters? How does he express this?

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