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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 51 | Part 2, Chapter 52 | Part 2, Chapter 53 | Part 2, Chapter 54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cervantes' complaint in the prologue to the second part of The Adventures of Don Quixote?
(a) That he is being forced to write a second part to satisfy royalty.
(b) That some writer had written a second part plagirizing the character of Don Quixote.
(c) That the first part is really enough except for the public demand for more.
(d) That he has made no money off of the first part already in circulation.

2. What are four horsemen looking for at the inn?
(a) Sancho Panza who has not paid his taxes to the crown.
(b) The Captive Captain who had a bounty on his head.
(c) Don Quixote who is wanted by the king.
(d) Don Luis, the boy who is following Clara.

3. When the wooden horse arrives, why are Quixote and Sancho blindfolded?
(a) They are told they must do that for the horse to fly.
(b) They might get airsick if they could see and look down.
(c) They cannot see where the giant's hideout is.
(d) They have to get their eyes ready to see the giant in his dark castle.

4. How does Don Quixote get around paying a monthly wage to Sancho Panza?
(a) He turns it around and gets Sancho to pay him a monthly wage.
(b) He pays him with enchanted money that Sancho cannot see.
(c) He says he never read anything like that in his books about knight errantry.
(d) He fires him and starts looking for a replacement.

5. How does Quixote blend knight errantry and sainthood?
(a) He says every true knight dies with the name of God on his lips.
(b) He says knights must also be saintly in behavior.
(c) He says knight errantry is a religion.
(d) He says knights are appointed by God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the curate and the barber try to avoid when they go to visit Quixote at home?

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

3. After the feast at Camacho's house, where does Don Quixote want to go?

4. What means of travel does the Duenna say the giant Malambruno will send for them to go to him?

5. How does Don Quixote believe he has been enchanted in the night as he guards the inn?

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