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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. What does the Cid do in Section 25?
(a) Surrenders.
(b) Leaves Castejón.
(c) Fights King Alphonso.
(d) Goes home.

2. Who is offered a fifth of the Cid's booty as a reward?
(a) Galve.
(b) The king.
(c) Álvar.
(d) Minaya.

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

4. How many knights are with Cid as he passes through Burgos?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) One hundred.

5. How does King Alphonso react to his gifts in Sections 47 and 48?
(a) He is dissatisfied.
(b) He gives them to the Cid's wife and daughters.
(c) He is pleased.
(d) He never receives them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does the Cid agree to wait after visiting Castile?

2. What do the people fear losing in Section 4?

3. What does the Cid decide to do in Section 45?

4. Who does the Cid want to give the gift?

5. How many horses does Minaya order the Cid to take to King Alphonso as a gift in Section 77?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Cid's proposition to Rachel and Vidas? Is this a fair deal? Why or why not?

2. What bargain does the Cid try to make with God as he goes to San Pedro?

3. What relationship does the Cid have with his family? How do you know?

4. Who is offended by the Cid's actions in Sections 55 and 56? What does he do as a result?

5. How does the Cid stay connected to home in Section 41? What does this reveal about him?

6. How does King Alphonso react to his gifts from the Cid?

7. Explain how the Cid and his men are able to pay for the things they need during their travels and battles.

8. What does the Cid decide about his beard in Section 76? Why?

9. What role does Martín Antolínez play in the Cid's departure from Vivar?

10. Explain what happens in Sections 66-68.

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