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. The niece, the housekeeper, the curate and the barber all agree on what as the cause of Don Quixote's madness?
(a) His extreme old age
(b) His vast collection of books
(c) The cheap wine he has been drinking
(d) His poor diet

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

3. What is the plan to transport Don Quixote back to La Mancha?
(a) He is tricked into leading them to La Mancha because Dulcinea has come there.
(b) He is ited to the back of his horse and led to La Mancha.
(c) He is taken prisoner by the king's horsemen.
(d) He is held in a makeshift cage on back of an oxcart.

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

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.