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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ruse do Basilio and Quiteria play on the bridegroom, Camacho?
(a) Quiteria marrying Basilio when it appears he is about to die.
(b) Sending another heavily veiled girl in to wed Camacho.
(c) Telling Camacho that Quiteria is pregnant with Basilio's child.
(d) Pretending that Basilio has kidnapped Quiteria.

2. What social gaff does Sancho make in the castle?
(a) Interrupting Don Quixote while he is talking
(b) Eating with his fingers
(c) Asking the Duchess' Lady in Waiting to stable his ass
(d) Putting his elbows on the table

3. How does Don Quixote impress Don Diego de Miranda?
(a) His kindness to Sancho
(b) His riding style
(c) His elequent and educated speech
(d) His splended armor

4. Why is the Duchess so amused by Sancho Panza?
(a) She wants to help him realize his dreams.
(b) She is too kind to object to his speech and behavior.
(c) She thinks he is simple and honest.
(d) She sees that Quixote is mad but judges Sancho to be stupid.

5. What is the discussion about between Don Diego and Don Quixote?
(a) The lives of the greatest knights errant
(b) A comparison of the value of poetry versus the sciences
(c) The current political situation in Spain
(d) The revival of knight errantry

6. On their trip away from the castle, what misfortune happens to Quixote and Sancho?
(a) They stop to eat and their mounts are stolen.
(b) They get entangled in bird nets.
(c) They get lost and end up back at the castle.
(d) They battle a bull Don Quixote thinks is a dragon.

7. 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 he should go back to his master he ran away from.
(c) That the military is a good life with chance for advancement.
(d) That he should go to Italy.

8. How does Sancho show his lack of pretension?
(a) He wears his everyday clothes.
(b) He rejects being called Don Sancho Panza.
(c) He talks only to the poor.
(d) He refuses to sit on a throne.

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

10. What invitation is given Don Quixote and Sancho when they meet two students and two peasants?
(a) The sports games of the county
(b) A duel between Camacho and Basilio, a former lover of Quiteria
(c) The wedding of Quiteria the Fair to Camacho the Rich
(d) The local fair and festival

11. What is the dilemma of the steward?
(a) He is supposed to help Sancho but he wants to be the governor himself.
(b) He thinks Sancho is crazy and he can get rich by using him.
(c) He is supposed to destroy Sancho but he sees the good Sancho is doing.
(d) He likes Sancho and does not want to go back to the castle.

12. Who arrives next to see the famous Don Quixote?
(a) Sir Lancelot of the Round Table
(b) Countess Trifaldi, also called the Doleful Duenna
(c) The Duke of Earl
(d) Queen Guenevere

13. While staying at the castle of the Duke and Duchess, what does Sancho do every time he gets frightened?
(a) He crawls under a table.
(b) He pretends to be the Duke's valet.
(c) He hides in the Duchess' skirts.
(d) He jumps behind Don Quixote.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the unexpected pleasure for Don Quixote in Don Diego's house?

2. What is the surprise plot twist as Don Quixote lays on his deathbed?

3. Why is Don Antonio not pleased with the arrangement of Don Quixote going home?

4. Back in the castle what happens with Quixote and Dona Rodriguez?

5. What happens as they ride up to meet a Duchess and a Duke?

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