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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. Michener describes Spain as a:

2. In terms of publishing, what sells well?

3. Who walks into the Bar Txoco when Michener is there?

4. What did Isabel do as she moved from place to place?

5. When Michener returned to the village of San Augustin, he found all but the following:

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Michener's attitude toward bullfighting?

2. Why was Teruel of personal interest to Michener?

3. Where does the world Iberia come from?

4. What are Michener's views on Portugal?

5. Why was Michener happy to make the pilgrimage to Compostella when he has made it before?

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

7. What did Michener think of his experience in Castielfabib?

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

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

10. How do the Spanish acquire apartments in the seacoast areas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is there so much Islamic history in Spain? How did the Muslims come to be in Spain? When were they expelled from Spain and why?

Essay Topic 2

Has this book stimulated your interests in Spain? Why or why not? What parts of Spain would you like to see? Why? What parts would you like to avoid and why?

Essay Topic 3

From what you have read in the book, what is your favorite area of Spain? Why? Explain some of the things you would want to see and do there if you traveled to that area.

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