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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 is noted about the Cid in Section 140?

2. What does the Cid decide about the marriage proposals?

3. What is the name of the Cid's horse in Section 86?

4. What does the Cid when he is finally in front of King Alphonso in person?

5. Who is appointed as the Cid's daughters' sponsor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Cid's message to King Alphonso in Section 133 say?

2. Why are the king's sons afraid to go into battle with the Cid? How does the Cid learn of their fears?

3. What happens when the Cid and King Alphonso meet in Section 103? How does King Alphonso react?

4. Explain what happens in Section 112 when a lion gets loose in the home of the Cid in Valencia.

5. How does the Cid protect the king's sons in battle the forces from Morocco? What is the reaction to this?

6. What is ultimately decided about the marriage of the Cid's daughters? How is Minaya involved in the decision?

7. Who wants to marry the Cid's daughters in Section 101? What does King Alphonso say about this?

8. After the sons join the Cid in battle, where do they want to go? Why do they say they want to go?

9. What happens to the Cid's daughters when the king's sons take them to the forest of the Corpes?

10. What two concerns does the Cid express about the marriage of his daughters to the king's sons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between the Cid and his men, focusing on how he treats them.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the perception of events is key in understanding what happened between the king's sons and the Cid's daughters.

Essay Topic 3

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

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