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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Cid decide to do in Section 45?
(a) Return to Vivar.
(b) Send for his wife and daughters.
(c) Leave Alcocer.
(d) Petition the king to have his banishment removed.

2. Who does the Cid pay for the protection of his family?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Villagers.
(d) Abbots.

3. How many Moors are killed in Section 36?
(a) Too many to count.
(b) More than ten thousand.
(c) More than one thousand.
(d) More than five hundred.

4. Who does the Cid want to tell his friends in Castile that God has favored the Cid?
(a) King Alphonso.
(b) Minaya.
(c) His wife.
(d) A local priest.

5. The ruler of what city attempts to attack the Cid in Section 75?
(a) Fortuna.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Seville.
(d) Barcelona.

6. What does the Cid send to his wife and daughters in Section 41?
(a) Money.
(b) A letter.
(c) Horses.
(d) Food.

7. What do the people fear losing in Section 4?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Their souls.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Their eyes.

8. Where does a group traveling with the Cid go in Section 2?
(a) The Church of Santa Maria.
(b) Castile.
(c) Burgos.
(d) Vivar.

9. What happens to the Cid's followers in Section 18?
(a) Many are captured by the king's men.
(b) They increase dramatically.
(c) They become ill.
(d) They decrease dramatically.

10. Where are the slopes the Cid takes possession of in Section 27?
(a) Near San Pedro.
(b) South of Vivar.
(c) Around Alcocer.
(d) In Castejón.

11. What does the Cid plan to do to the inhabitants of Alcocer?
(a) Avoid them.
(b) Trick them.
(c) Create a treaty with them.
(d) Pay tribute to them.

12. Who receives the Moorish soldier's horse in Section 38?
(a) King Fáriz.
(b) The Cid.
(c) Galve.
(d) Minaya.

13. What do the people of Alcocer think the Cid is indicating when he takes tents down?
(a) Defeat.
(b) Fear.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Boredom.

14. Who praises God in Section 30?
(a) The Cid's wife.
(b) The Cid.
(c) Minaya.
(d) Álvar Fáñez.

15. Why does the Cid go to Castile in Section 72?
(a) To seek volunteers.
(b) To visit his family.
(c) To tell others of his victories.
(d) To speak with King Alphonso in person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many knights are with Cid as he passes through Burgos?

2. Who asks for advice from the Cid before he leaves?

3. How long does the siege by the Moors last?

4. How many soldiers did Minaya kill during the battle, according to Section 40?

5. What does the Cid ask in return for his gift to King Alphonso in Section 77?

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