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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. Who is preparing to meet with King Alphonso in Section 104?

2. What does the Cid think about the possibility of his daughters marrying King Alphonso's sons?

3. How many Moors escape the Cid's army in the second battle in Section 95?

4. What does the Cid want to happen to the sons?

5. How do the men prepare for battle in Section 94?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does King Alphonso react to the gifts he receives in Section 100? What does this reveal about King Alphonso?

2. What characteristic of an epic poem is evident in Sections 84-102?

3. Why doesn't anyone notice the Cid's beard right away at the hearing? How does the Cid defend his beard?

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

5. What is the Cid's decision regarding the marriage of his daughters? What does this reveal about him?

6. Why does the Cid want to wait to go to the meeting? How does he spend this delayed time?

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

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

9. What conditions does King Alphonso puts on the attendance of the judicial meeting set up in Toledo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the opinion of King Alphonso towards the Cid changes over the course of the poem. What affected the opinion? What led to the Cid's full pardon?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the relationship between the Cid and the Moorish people.

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