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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. What does the Cid's wife pray for in Section 14?

2. How many knights accompany Minaya to Valencia in Section 83?

3. Why does the Cid send something to the church in Section 41?

4. What does Rachel ask as a gift from the Cid?

5. Who does the Cid want to give the gift?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role do the abbots of San Pedro play in the Cid's departure from Vivar?

2. How does King Alphonso react to his gifts from the Cid?

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

4. Explain the sale of Minaya's booty to the Moors in Section 24.

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

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

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

8. How does the Cid stay connected to home in Section 41? What does this reveal about him?

9. Explain the circumstances of the count's return home.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the opinion of King Alphonso towards the Cid changes over the course of the poem. What affected the opinion? What led to the Cid's full pardon?

Essay Topic 2

What is the message of "The Poem of the Cid"?

Essay Topic 3

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

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