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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. Who asks to be exempt from the court hearing in Section 135?
(a) The Cid's daughters.
(b) The Cid.
(c) The Cid's wife.
(d) The King's sons.

2. How many Moors escape the Cid's army in the second battle in Section 95?
(a) 600.
(b) 104.
(c) None.
(d) 72.

3. The Moorish king of ______ decides to attack the Cid and his armies in Sections 88 and 89.
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Arabia.

4. How does the Cid prevent attention from being drawn to himself during the hearing?
(a) Hides in the back of the meeting area.
(b) Dresses in long robes.
(c) Covers his beard.
(d) Wears a disguise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what section does the Third Cantar begin?

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

3. What is ultimately decided about the marriages?

4. What does the king want to see happen in the situation with his sons?

5. What does the Cid when he is finally in front of King Alphonso in person?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does King Alphonso react to the gifts he receives in Section 100? What does this reveal about King Alphonso?

4. Who wants to marry the Cid's daughters in Section 101? What does King Alphonso say about this?

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

6. Explain what happens in Section 112 when a lion gets loose in the home of the Cid in Valencia.

7. How does the Cid protect the king's sons in battle the forces from Morocco? What is the reaction to this?

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

9. Why doesn't anyone notice the Cid's beard right away at the hearing? How does the Cid defend his beard?

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

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