This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3 | Part 2, Chapter 4 | Part 2, Chapter 5 | Part 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device does Cervantes use to introduce the comedic nature of Don Quixote?
(a) A gypsy fortune teller
(b) A dream sequence
(c) Silly advice from a friend
(d) Talking animals

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

3. Andres, the boy Don Quixote saves from a beating in his early adventures, shows up and tells Quixote never to help him again. Why?
(a) Everyone laughs at him because he cannot defend himself.
(b) Now no one wants to hire him because they say he has a knight protecting him.
(c) He is punished even worse after Don Quixote rides away.
(d) He doesn't want to be any further indebted to the knight errant.

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

5. How can the first of Don Quixote's adventures be described?
(a) They are histerically funny adventures that see him victorious.
(b) They are his first encounters with giants he needs to slay.
(c) They are misadventures that end in disaster for Don Quixote and a boy he tries to save.
(d) They are completely imaginary in Don Quixote's head.