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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 do the Cid and his family do before he and his followers leave the country of Castile?

2. Who does the Cid want to tell his friends in Castile that God has favored the Cid?

3. Why is Álvar unhappy?

4. What symbol of loyalty does Minaya suggest for men who wish to leave the Cid's service?

5. Why does the Cid go to Castile in Section 72?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain how general citizens, such as the people of Alcocer, feel about the Cid. Why do they feel this way about him?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the relationship between the Cid and the Moorish people.

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