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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 40 | Part 1, Chapter 41 | Part 1, Chapter 42 | Part 1, Chapter 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What unlikely group of men does Don Quixote set free and enjoin them to go tell Dulcinea of their release?
(a) A group of criminals being taken to the galleys
(b) A group of Christians captured by the Moors
(c) A group of soldiers on military training
(d) A group of actors rehearsing for a play

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

4. What characteristic do Quixote and the innkeeper share as observed by Dorothea and Cardenio?
(a) They both love the books of chivalry and believe them to be true.
(b) They are both fond of money and use tricks to get it.
(c) They are about the same age, height, and build.
(d) They both love fighting with uneducated people.

5. As Don Quixote and Sancho Panza look for water in the night, what spooks them?
(a) A drum beating in the distance
(b) The sound of many horses
(c) A metallic clanking and the sound of running water
(d) A ghostly moan over the sound of water

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zoraida attempt to correspond with the Captive Captain?

2. How do the niece and housekeeper rationalize the disappearance of Don Quixote's books?

3. In yet another coincidence, what happens when a learned judge arrives at the inn with his beautiful daughter?

4. Andres, the boy Don Quixote saves from a beating in his early adventures, shows up and tells Quixote never to help him again. Why?

5. In reality, what are the thirty or forty hulking giants Don Quixote attacks only to get seriously injured again?

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