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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the surprise visitors to the group?
(a) The ghosts of two knights errant
(b) Some real demons
(c) A goat and its goatherd
(d) Dulcinea and her entourage

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

3. What kind of reception does Don Quixote receive from the goatherds?
(a) The goarherds laugh at him and send him away.
(b) He is welcomed, fed, entertained and medicated.
(c) The goatherds fear him because he is mad.
(d) He is set upon to see if he has money.

4. Don Quixote tells Sancho that there is no such thing as a knight errant who is not what?
(a) In poverty
(b) Without armor
(c) In love
(d) Very old

5. How does Cervantes poke fun at his own mistakes in writing the first part of The Adventures of Don Quixote?
(a) He discusses the absurdity of a man like Don Quixote.
(b) He discusses putting in so many unrelated stories in the book.
(c) He raises the question of the disappearing ass, Dapple, and its unexplained reappearance.
(d) He talks about how the characters in his book are unbelievable.

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

7. In the goatherd's tale, who is Marcella?
(a) The milkmaid who marries a king.
(b) A cruel murderess.
(c) The daughter of a wealthy man who begins acting as a shepherdess.
(d) The princess of El Toboso.

8. How does Sancho Panza regain Dapple?
(a) The mule has bucked off its captor and headed back to La Mancha.
(b) Don Quixote finds the mule in the castle stables.
(c) Gines de Pasamonte rides up disguised as a gypsy but Sancho Panza recognizes him.
(d) Don Quixote offers a large reward for the mule.

9. Who has dinner with Don Quixote after Sancho Panza goes home?
(a) His housekeeper and his niece
(b) The mayor of La Mancha
(c) The barber and the priest
(d) The mischevious student Sampson

10. What secret does Sancho Panza overhear and tell to Don Quixote?
(a) That the curate tells the Princess Micomicona to find another champion.
(b) That the Princess Micomicona has fallen in love with Don Fernando.
(c) That the Princess Micomicona no longer has a kingdom.
(d) That Dorothea is not Princess Micomicona.

11. What do the curate and the barber try to avoid when they go to visit Quixote at home?
(a) Talking about knight errantry
(b) Reminding Quixote about his knightly obligations
(c) Asking about Dulcinea
(d) Talking about Sancho Panza

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

13. Who comes to inform Don Quixote of the book that has been written about him?
(a) Juana Panza
(b) The canon
(c) The mayor of La Mancha
(d) The mischevious student Sampson

14. What does the imagery of the Golden Age represent to Don Quixote?
(a) The times when uses of metal were discovered.
(b) A time when there was money for everyone.
(c) A simpler, more peaceful time in the age of chivalry.
(d) The days when literature was at its peak.

15. How does Cervantes plan to see that no further writing is done regarding Don Quixote de La Mancha?
(a) By allowing only a select few people to see his work.
(b) By getting a legal restraining order.
(c) By seeing him dead and buried at the end of Part Two.
(d) By writing the rest of the books in code.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when they meet a troupe of actors riding in a wagon?

3. Found lying on the ground and severely wounded, where is Don Quixote taken by a neighbor?

4. As Dorothea tells her story, what does Cardenio suddenly realize?

5. How does Don Quixote get around paying a monthly wage to Sancho Panza?

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