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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. What must the count do in order to be set free by the Cid?

2. What city do the Cid and his soldiers capture in Section 23?

3. Who did the Cid share the money from the sale of Alcocer with?

4. Why does the Cid send something to the church in Section 41?

5. The Cid's decision to not cut something in Section 76 is a sign of love to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Cid's dream in Section 19. What does it mean?

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

3. Explain the circumstances of the count's return home.

4. Why is the Cid sad at the beginning of the poem? Why did this happen?

5. How does King Alphonso feel about the Cid at the end of Sections 64-83? How do you know?

6. How does the Cid divide the booty in Section 40? What else does the Cid do with his wealth in Section 40?

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

8. What is the Cid's relationship with God? How do you know?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between the Cid's daughters and the king's sons.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character biography of the Cid, including an explanation of what is important to him.

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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