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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 many tents does the Cid leave up in Section 29?

2. Where are the slopes the Cid takes possession of in Section 27?

3. Who is offered a fifth of the Cid's booty as a reward?

4. What city do the Cid and his soldiers capture in Section 23?

5. What do the Cid and his men set up at the Castejón de Henares?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does King Alphonso feel about the Cid at the end of Sections 64-83? How do you know?

4. What is the Cid's relationship with God? How do you know?

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

6. How does the Cid divide the booty in Section 40? What else does the Cid do with his wealth in Section 40?

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

8. Why does the Cid thank God when he is successful? Why does the Cid thank God when he is unsuccessful?

9. What does the Cid decide to do with the captives at Alcocer? What role do they then play for the Cid and his men?

10. Who sends Moors to the Cid to bring him in? How does the Cid react to this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between the Cid's daughters and the king's sons.

Essay Topic 3

What evidence was present in the poem that the marriage between the king's sons and the Cid's daughters would not go well?

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