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

2. Who joins the Cid's army on the trip back to Valencia in section 107?

3. What is ultimately decided about the marriages?

4. How many knights does the Cid send out to greet his wife and daughters in Section 85?

5. What animal gets loose in Section 112?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristic of an epic poem is evident in Sections 84-102?

2. How do King Alphonso's men feel about the Cid's success? Why do they feel this way?

3. How are the Cid's wife and daughters introduced to the Cid's military side at Valencia? How do they each react?

4. How does the Cid protect the king's sons in battle the forces from Morocco? What is the reaction to this?

5. Why doesn't anyone notice the Cid's beard right away at the hearing? How does the Cid defend his beard?

6. What two concerns does the Cid express about the marriage of his daughters to the king's sons?

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

8. How does the Cid feel about the marriages of his daughters? How does he express this?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between the Cid and Minaya.

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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