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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. Who tells the Cid's wife and daughters of the upcoming marriages?

2. How many Moors escape the Cid's army in the second battle in Section 95?

3. Where are the Infantes of Carrión at the beginning of Section 112?

4. How many men are killed in the first day of battle in Section 92?

5. What does Count Garcia say about the Cid's daughters in Section 140?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Cid want to wait to go to the meeting? How does he spend this delayed time?

2. What happens when the Cid and King Alphonso meet in Section 103? How does King Alphonso react?

3. What is the Cid's decision regarding the marriage of his daughters? What does this reveal about him?

4. What conditions does King Alphonso puts on the attendance of the judicial meeting set up in Toledo?

5. Explain what happens in Section 112 when a lion gets loose in the home of the Cid in Valencia.

6. Why are the king's sons afraid to go into battle with the Cid? How does the Cid learn of their fears?

7. What does the Cid want back from the sons at the hearing? What is the reaction to this?

8. What gift does the Cid give the king in Section 107? Why?

9. What happens to the Cid's daughters when the king's sons take them to the forest of the Corpes?

10. What is ultimately decided about the marriage of the Cid's daughters? How is Minaya involved in the decision?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the importance of respect and loyalty throughout "The Poem of the Cid."

Essay Topic 2

Explain the court hearing of the king's sons.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of faith in the Cid's life.

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