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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of Michener's reasons for going to the Pamploma region?
(a) to see Tudela
(b) to picnic in the Pass of Roncasvalles
(c) to study the cathedral of Pamplona
(d) to interview Ernest Hemingway

2. Michener found Madrid newspapers to:
(a) have many sales pages
(b) have little international news
(c) be very informational
(d) have little information on the politics in Spain

3. A corrida is:
(a) the terms used to denote a poor bull
(b) a complete bullfight
(c) the outfit the matador wears
(d) the terms used to denote a poor matador

4. While sitting in the Plaza Mayor, Michener overhears a conversation of a group of Frenchmen. What does he learn?
(a) nothing
(b) there is going to be a strike
(c) they find Americans loud and vulgar
(d) there is going to be a student demonstration

5. The highlight of the feast of San Fermin is the:
(a) running of the bulls
(b) carnival
(c) blessing of new priests
(d) speech by the President

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows Michener around Teruel?

2. What is significant about Estrella?

3. The patron saint of Spain is:

4. What is the major feast in Santiago de Compostella?

5. The Prado is a famous:

Short Essay Questions

1. In Madrid, Michener meets Don Luis, whom he first met at Las Marimas. What do the two men talk about?

2. What caused the decline of the University of Salamanca?

3. What is the Casa de las Conchas?

4. How had the small town of Teruel become significant in the Spanish Civil War?

5. What is the Black Legend?

6. What kind of corruption takes place in bullfighting?

7. What is a tapas bar?

8. What is one of the things the Spanish town of Estrella is known for?

9. What was the Spanish Inquisition?

10. What is the Way of St. James?

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