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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Moors of Alcocer react to the Cid's decision in Section 45?

2. Where do the Cid and his men attack in Section 29?

3. How many days does the Cid agree to wait after visiting Castile?

4. What does the Cid plan to do to the inhabitants of Alcocer?

5. What does Antolínez promise in Section 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the Cid and his men are able to pay for the things they need during their travels and battles.

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

3. Why are the inhabitants of Burgos unable to offer the Cid and his followers a place to stay? What would happen if they did?

4. What role does Martín Antolínez play in the Cid's departure from Vivar?

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

6. What is the Cid's proposition to Rachel and Vidas? Is this a fair deal? Why or why not?

7. When the Cid fights the army of Moors and Christians, what happens? Who is taken prisoner?

8. Explain the battle with the Moors that is described in Sections 34-39.

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

10. What bargain does the Cid try to make with God as he goes to San Pedro?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does "The Poem of the Cid" have a happy ending? Why or why not? If so, what makes it a happy ending? If not, how would it need to be changed to be a happy ending?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the perception of events is key in understanding what happened between the king's sons and the Cid's daughters.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role geography plays in the story of "The Poem of the Cid."

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