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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 Martín Antolínez give to the Cid and his followers in Section 5?

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

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

4. Who asks for advice from the Cid before he leaves?

5. How many horses does Minaya order the Cid to take to King Alphonso as a gift in Section 77?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Create a character biography of the Cid, including an explanation of what is important to him.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the Cid handles his finances. What does this say about what's important to him?

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