This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 48 | Part 1, Chapter 49 | Part 1, Chapter 50 | Part 1, Chapter 51.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What common object becomes the means of correspondence with the Captive Captain?
(a) A cane
(b) A bottle
(c) A teapot
(d) A pillowcase

2. How do the curate and the barber plan to get Quixote to return with them to La Mancha?
(a) They send a false message saying Dulcinea bids Quixote to come to her immediately.
(b) They make him believe that the giants have invaded La Mancha.
(c) They change all the road signs along the way.
(d) They plan to tie him up in his sleep.

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

4. How does the protagonist slip into the fantasy world of Don Quixote de la Mancha?
(a) From listening to children's fairy tales
(b) From the natural deteriorization of old age dementia
(c) From a blow to his head when he falls off his horse
(d) From reading books and poems involving knights, chivalry,and adventure

5. What is Don Quixote's explanation for the way the people at the inn toss Sancho into the air from a blanket?
(a) The castle is enchanted.
(b) They had fun with Sancho because they could not do that to a knight errant.
(c) Sancho allowed it to happen so Don Quixote could escape.
(d) Sancho had it coming to him.