Don Quixote | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

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1. What device does Cervantes use to introduce the comedic nature of Don Quixote?

Silly advice from a friend

2. How does the protagonist slip into the fantasy world of Don Quixote de la Mancha?

From reading books and poems involving knights, chivalry,and adventure

3. How does Don Quixote receive his knighthood?

From the innkeeper he imagines as Lord of a great castle

4. What does the innkeeper use as a holy book of heraldry in the knighthood ceremony?

His ledger book

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

They are misadventures that end in disaster for Don Quixote and a boy he tries to save.

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