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

2. What does the king want to see happen in the situation with his sons?
(a) He wants justice for the Cid's daughters.
(b) He wants to see his sons apologize in public.
(c) He wants to simply dissolve the marriages and forget the whole situation.
(d) He wants to see the couples reunited.

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

4. Where is a court hearing set up in Section 133?
(a) Toledo.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Vivar.
(d) Valencia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is making preparations in Section 103?

2. Who issues the challenge?

3. What do Fernando and Diego do when they are with their wives in the forest of the Corpes?

4. What do the men surround in Section 112?

5. Where is the animal that gets loose in Section 112?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Cid's message to King Alphonso in Section 133 say?

2. What happens to the Cid's daughters when the king's sons take them to the forest of the Corpes?

3. How does the Cid greet his wife and children in Section 86? How does he introduce them to their new home?

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

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

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

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

8. How do King Alphonso's men feel about the Cid's success? Why do they feel this way?

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

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

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