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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 20 | Part 1, Chapter 21 | Part 1, Chapter 22 | Part 1, Chapter 23 | Part 1, Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Don Quixote's explanation for the way the people at the inn toss Sancho into the air from a blanket?
(a) Sancho allowed it to happen so Don Quixote could escape.
(b) The castle is enchanted.
(c) They had fun with Sancho because they could not do that to a knight errant.
(d) Sancho had it coming to him.

2. What is the cause of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza getting a brutal beating from the Yanguesan carriers?
(a) Don Quixote's attempt to secure two horses for himself and Sancho
(b) Don Quixote's idea that the carriers are enemy soldiers.
(c) Sancho's attempt to get back hos mule
(d) Rozinante's attempt to mate with their pirze mares

3. In the night, Don Quixote attacks what Sancho fears to be twenty or more ghosts. Why is he victorious?
(a) They are mourners taking a body to Segovia and are unarmed.
(b) They think Don Quixote and Sancho are ghosts.
(c) They think there are many men attacking them.
(d) They cannot see well in the darkness.

4. What literary device is introduced in Chapter nine that helps move the story along and give it credence?
(a) A narrator is introduced who discovers an old manuscript about Don Quixote.
(b) A sage is found to travel with Don Quixote and write down his adventures.
(c) Lengthy poetic renditions are added to give the story more authenticity.
(d) A parallel is drawn between Don Quixote and King Arthur.

5. What constantly overcomes Sancho Panza's skepticism about Don Quixote?
(a) Sancho begins to see castles too.
(b) The promise of an island to rule
(c) The real things Don Quixote does.
(d) Quixote's balm which can cure anything

Short Answer Questions

1. These early adventures of Don Quixote establish what theme that runs throughout the novel?

2. What is Marcela's argument that she is not responsible for the death of Chrysostom?

3. What is the challenge to knight errantry presented to Don Quixote by Vivaldo?

4. How can the first of Don Quixote's adventures be described?

5. After the beating by the carriers, what does Sancho request that Don Quixote cannot supply?

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