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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. Why does Sampson's pretend squire leave him?

2. How does Cervantes work yet another side plot into his story at the point of boarding the ships?

3. What delights Sancho at the wedding?

4. Who does Sancho get into an argument with about waiting women?

5. Who else does Quixote insist he sees inside the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the ten horsemen take Quixote and Sancho back to the castle of the Duke and Duchess?

2. In a kind of switch, what is Don Quixote's reaction to Sancho's belief about the ride on the wooden flying horse?

3. What happens when Don Quixote is finally defeated by another knight who orders him to return to La Mancha.

4. What occurs when Don Diego de Miranda joins Quixote and Sancho on the road?

5. Describe the humorous story of the braying town.

6. Explain how Master Pedro and his trained ape are able to identify Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

7. In spite of the set up of Sancho as governor of the island of Barataria, how does he do as a governor?

8. What event causes Don Diego to invite Don Quixote and Sancho to his house?

9. Describe the irony of Sancho's eating habits as governor of the island of Barataria.

10. Describe Don Quixote's emotional state as he returns to his home.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on kindness to handicapped people.

Essay Topic 2

Write a story that includes a long conversation between the housekeeper and the niece.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on what Don Quixote considers the Godlen Age.

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