This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 43 | Part 2, Chapter 44 | Part 2, Chapter 45 | Part 2, Chapter 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What coincidence does Cervantes use to untangle some of the plot in Chapter 36?
(a) Cardenio finds Lucinda hiding in the stable.
(b) Lucinda and Don Fernando show up at the inn.
(c) Don Fernando is attacked by highwaymen and brought to the inn.
(d) Don Quixote comes to his senses and decides to go home.

2. What does Don Quixote want Sancho to do before he leaves to become a governor?
(a) Learn how to dress properly
(b) Learn to write and read a little
(c) Learn to speak without using proverbs
(d) Send a letter to La Mancha so Teresa will know where he is.

3. What happens when they meet a troupe of actors riding in a wagon?
(a) Don Quixote thinks they are the king and his court.
(b) One actor plays a trick that causes Rozinante to throw Don Quixote.
(c) Don Quixote thinks they are emmisaries from the Lady Dulcinea.
(d) Don Quixote asks them for money to support a knight errant.

4. How does Sancho show his lack of pretension?
(a) He refuses to sit on a throne.
(b) He rejects being called Don Sancho Panza.
(c) He wears his everyday clothes.
(d) He talks only to the poor.

5. What is the irony when Don Quixote speaks to a group of people?
(a) His speech is eloquent even though he suffers from madness.
(b) His speech is halting and not at all like that of a noble knight.
(c) He can only speak things he has read in a book.
(d) His speech sounds madder than his actions.