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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Sancho to resign his post and leave his isle?
(a) His homesickness
(b) A trick some men play on him and call him a turtle
(c) His needing to see Don Quixote
(d) His desire to ride Dapple again

2. What advice does Don Quixote give the young page on the way to the inn?
(a) That he should look for a knight to serve.
(b) That the military is a good life with chance for advancement.
(c) That he should go back to his master he ran away from.
(d) That he should go to Italy.

3. At the inn, what does Sancho happily observe?
(a) The priest and the barber are waiting there for them.
(b) The page will buy his meal.
(c) This time there is a room for them in the inn.
(d) Don Quixote does not mistake this inn for a castle.

4. How does the Duke get Sancho to agree to the self flagellation?
(a) Promising him a new green suit
(b) Fear that he might lose the governorship the Duke promised him
(c) Bribing him with a large sum of money
(d) Getting him drunk with summer wine

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

6. What is a goal of Sancho as he assumes his governorship of his island?
(a) To stop boys from dressing like girls
(b) To see that everyone pays taxes
(c) To see that girls stay in the home
(d) To shut down the gambling houses

7. On the galley, Don Quixote gets a royal greeting but what happens to Sancho Panza?
(a) He is forced to be an oarsman.
(b) He is picked up by the crew and tossed around.
(c) He is tied to the mast.
(d) He is pushed into the sea.

8. What strange thing does the bandit, Roque Guinart ,do after his men bring in a group of travelers?
(a) He returns most of their goods and money to them.
(b) He lets everyone go except the President's Lady.
(c) He does not rob them of anything.
(d) He takes all the horses and sends them on walking.

9. On their way back to La Mancha, who do Don Quixote and Sancho run across?
(a) The barber and the curate who have come looking for him.
(b) The troupe of actors they had met earlier and fought with.
(c) Don Quixote's niece who is on her way to Barcelona.
(d) Tosilos, who reveals that he was not enchanted at the duel and also that he didn't follow through with the marriage anyway

10. How does the fake Merlin tell Sancho Panza that the enchantment of Dulcinea can be broken?
(a) He must ride Dapple into the moat.
(b) He must dress up like a lady in waiting.
(c) He must whip himself 3,300 times on the bare buttocks.
(d) He must steal Don Quixote's brass helmet.

11. When everyone else leaves the table, where does Sancho go?
(a) To the stable to check on Dapple
(b) To hold a conversation with the Duchess
(c) With the servants to play games
(d) To the moat to take a swim

12. Who is the mysterious Knight of the White Moon?
(a) Teresa Panza
(b) Don Antonio
(c) Pedro Perez
(d) Sampson

13. After the feast at Camacho's house, where does Don Quixote want to go?
(a) The cave of Montesinos
(b) Back to La Mancha
(c) The cathedral at Madrid
(d) The enchanted castle

14. How is Don Quixote wounded back in the Duke's and Duchess' castle?
(a) By falling down the stairs
(b) By a spurned young girl
(c) By sparring with the Duke
(d) By cats with bells tied to them

15. How does Quixote continue his tradition of siding with the underdog?
(a) He teaches the students about knighthood.
(b) He helps Quiteria escape.
(c) He champions Basilio.
(d) He avenges the peasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a result of Sancho Panza's replying to the ecclesiastic in proverbs?

2. Why does Don Quixote think Dulcinea is still enchanted?

3. The curate, the barber, and the bachelor are not in agreement with whom over Quixote's decision to become a shepherd?

4. Who does Sancho get into an argument with about waiting women?

5. Why is a substitute used for the man who had been challenged to a duel?

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